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In the fascinating new book Mine! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives, law professors Michael Heller and James Salzman explore ways in which complicated rules of ownership shape our world. They demonstrate clearly that a possession instinct extends far beyond conventional categories like “my car” or “my land” or “my money.” In fact, numerous ownership battles regularly intrude on everyday life. If you own a brick-and-mortar restaurant with all kinds of overhead cost...

Published: March 9th, 2021 Paul Harrietha says that early in their careers, when he and his wife were both in the consulting field and working their way up, they found that he accelerated very quickly, becoming a partner quite early.  His wife and several of her friends, who Harrietha says were harder working, smarter and more committed to their jobs, were all plateauing at the director level. They couldn’t crack the ceiling.  Paul Harrietha “I got intrigued by that, and I wanted to kno...

Why you dont own the right to recline in your airplane seat Salon 3/8/2021 © Provided by Salon No Leg Room On Airplane Who owns the space behind your airplane seat: you reclining or the squished laptop user behind? And who owns your online life: you clicking around or Facebook selling your most intimate data? Turns out, these puzzles are both the same puzzle and they share a single answer: you lose. The prize goes to those who know how the simple rules of ownership really work. James Beach...

Who owns your HBO password? A new book explores the hidden rules of ownership — of streaming accounts, pharmaceuticals, and the space behind a reclining airplane seat. By David Scharfenberg Globe Staff,Updated March 4, 2021, 3:38 p.m. Email to a Friend Why is it that most of us wouldn’t dream of stealing a DVD of “Game of Thrones,” but many of us are willing to share an HBO password?Helen Sloan/HBO via AP In the summer of 2014, businessman James Beach boarded a Newark-to-Den...

In the new book Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives (Doubleday), UCLA School of Law professor James Salzman reveals the hidden rules that govern who owns what – from the reclining space behind airline seats to HBO passwords for streaming shows.