Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Property Rights and Poverty


The poorest countries on the planet have no individual property rights. The lowest 20% have an average per capita income of $2,718. The top 20% of countries have a per capita income of $56,399. The difference is property rights.

Having good individual property rights requires the government to maintain an effective set of laws that guarantee that individual citizens of the country are free to own private property. It also requires that these countries have effective records and enforcement mechanisms to ensure that individual property rights are ensured.


Most African and South American  countires have inadequate individual property rights laws.


Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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