Qu'est-ce que la propriété? vs The acquisitive society: Which Should You Read?

Qu'est-ce que la propriété? P.-J. Proudhon · 1840 ★★★★☆ 3.8 250 pages · ≈ 4 h 38 m · Demanding

“Property is robbery!” This slogan coined by the French political philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon is one of his answers to the titular question of his 1840 treatise, What Is Property? A fervent attack against the…

The acquisitive society Richard H. Tawney · 1920 ★★★★☆ 4.0 185 pages · ≈ 3 h 26 m · Demanding

“The faith upon which our economic civilization reposes, the faith that riches are not a means to an end but an end, implies that all economic activity is equally estimable whether it is subordinated to a social purpose…