Land and the Hunger for Ownership

Land and the Hunger for OwnershipConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 849, Segment 1

Jan 29, 2021 • 32m

Why do some cultures assign ownership to land, when to other cultures the concept of private property is completely untenable? Guest: Simon Winchester, author of many New York Times best selling books, most recently, "Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World"

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