RE: Old Fears in the New Afghanistan

From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Sun Dec 08 2002 - 18:30:09 MST


Ron writes

> Yes, you or someone else on this list has read The Mystery of
> Capital. [Yes, it was me.] How many years did it take us [the
> U.S.] to get our laws on property rights straightened out? My
> estimate is that we finally got that settled around the time of
> our First Centenial Celebration.

You have that exactly right. DeSoto chronicles the whole
process, which really wasn't complete until the end of
the 19th century.

Lee



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