Comment on: Cadbury Shareholders Approve Kraft Deal
at 1/20/2010 12:17 AM EST

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If property rights are a subset of human rights, and if PUBLIC property rights are a particular kind of property rights, then we have to recognize that neglect of public property rights is a human rights violation. This means that it is immoral to allow the current socio-political-economic system to continue as is. Basic moral principles REQUIRE that we start accounting for economic externalities, charge a fee to those who degrade environmental quality or take natural resources in pursuit of profit, and share the proceeds equally with all the world's people.

Basic democratic principles REQUIRE that we set fees such that environmental impacts do not exceed what most people say is acceptable.

A sustainable and just civilization

(please, someone help me understand why there is no discussion of public property rights, particularly as it relates to natural resource wealth and economic externalities, on the public airwaves.)


Minimum wage vs. minimum income