Heinsohns und Steigers Buch "Eigentum, Zins und Geld" begründete vor 20 Jahren einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Wirtschaftstheorie: Nicht der Tausch, sondern das Eigentum ist der Ursprung des Wirtschaftens. Diese Festschrift für Gunnar Heinsohn ehrt einen ungewöhnlich vielseitigen...

This book presents the first full-length explanation in English of Heinsohn and Steiger's groundbreaking theory of money and interest, which emphasizes the role played by private property rights. Ownership economics gives an alternative explanation of money and interest, proposing that...

1. Possession and ownership : use of goods versus economic activity -- 2. The blindness of the great schools of economics towards ownership -- 3. The economic core of the ownership system : interest, money and property assets -- 4. The market as the result of the ownership-based economy -- 5....