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What is mixed goods?

Updated: 8/23/2023
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Mixed goods are the result of the combination of pre-existing free goods with the exertion of the human hand and mind.

Mixed goods pose the greatest challenge to claims of ownership.

Mixed goods are social property in proportion to the amount of free goods used in creating the mixed goods.

Mixed goods include "discoveries" and "inventions." Discoveries are the human recognition of the value and usefulness of land, raw materials and intellectual goods that exist as free goods. Individual ownership claims to these goods are minimal. Most discoveries should be considered social property and should be available to all individuals to use.

Inventions are largely human creations in which considerable human exertion and creativity is applied to some small amount of pre-existing goods (e.g. raw materials). Most inventions should be considered private property and individual claims to exclusive utilization, consumption, and transfer of the property should be enforced.

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