Ebook: The Acquisitive Society

The Acquisitive Society is an analysis of individual rights. It shows how that theory, though appropriate to the simple economic civilization for which it was formulated, results under modern conditions in waste, inequality, and a struggle of classes, As an alternative, it suggests that rights of property and industrial organization should be based upon the principle of Function. The practical effects of the acceptance of that principle would be the abolition of those proprietary rights which are not accompanied by the discharge of social obligations, and the organization of industry as a profession directed to the service of the public. This classic study first appeared in 1920. --- from book's dustjacket?