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To: WesternCulture
Private property, properly recorded in a national system, is the basis of the American system, which extends also to naturalized persons such as corporations. While it exists in Central and South America, those two lack a national system of recordation, which gives rise to shantytown development. Shantytown property is also private property but ownership is known only within the neighborhood. This system is common in third world and emerging (former communist) countries. The failing of the shantytown ownership system is that private property cannot be used as bank collateral.

When all property is available for use as collateral then capitalism moves to a second order development, which makes funding available through ownership of property as well as whatever cash a person may have in his pocket. Note that massive wealth exists in third world cities, but that the wealth is tied up and unavailable as collateral. An example in Cairo: 80% of the wealth is so tied up. Egypt should be immensely productive but it is operating on 20% of its capital potential.

The constant failure of aid programs to developing countries in Africa is linked directly to this type of situation. Zimbabwe might be a perfect example of doing it exactly wrong.

17 posted on 09/24/2006 3:02:41 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: RightWhale

Ok, I get it.

Thank you for explaining this to me.

"Private property, properly recorded in a national system, is the basis of the American system, which extends also to naturalized persons such as corporations. While it exists in Central and South America, those two lack a national system of recordation, which gives rise to shantytown development."

Like you made clear in your last post, this phenomena exists in many parts of the world.

In Sweden however, I think it would be impossible.

Swedes, even jobless ones, disabled persons or other individuals unable to get a decent job have been very successful in their demands of a standard of housing equal to the rest of the population.
Just look at condos and houses in Sweden. Probably the best built in the world. To build in a different way is prohibited by law.


18 posted on 09/24/2006 3:20:13 PM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: RightWhale

Hernado de Soto anyone?


20 posted on 09/24/2006 4:11:52 PM PDT by Leisler (Read the Koran, real Islam is not peaceful.)
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