Why Less Property Is More: Inclusion, Dispossession, 8c Subjective Well-Being

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Fagundes, Dave [1 ]
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[1] Univ Houston, Ctr Law, Fac Dev, Houston, TX 77004 USA
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HEDONIC ADAPTATION; HAPPINESS; MONEY; LIFE; TIME; SATISFACTION; INCENTIVES; MOTIVATION; WEALTH; IMPACT;
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The twin notions of exclusion and possession dominate our cultural and legal conceptions of property. This Article uses the lens of hedonics the emergent science of happiness to make a case for the less appreciated notions of inclusion and dispossession. Evidence from this new field shows that owners maximize their welfare, not when they amass land and chattels and keep others away from them, but when they pursue the polar opposite strategies of inclusion and dispossession, such as sharing their property, donating it to charity, or giving it away. This Article begins its defense of inclusion and dispossession by providing background about the idea of happiness and law, an increasingly important conceptual framework for welfarist analysis of law and policy. It then reviews the hedonics evidence about property, which reveals that despite the hegemony of exclusion and possession, what increases owners' subjective well-being is using their property to create social ties, to give it to a meaningful cause, or just to get rid of it. The Article then considers specific strategies of inclusion and dispossession. The Article reveals unappreciated ways that inclusion and dispossession enhance owners' subjective well-being, and then suggests particular forms of choice architecture that have the potential to optimize the overall social welfare produced by each of them. Finally, this Article concludes by considering the implications for property theory of the novel notions of inclusion and dispossession, emphasizing that this claim works to enrich, not undermine, the institution of private ownership.
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页码:1361 / 1418
页数:58
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