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Sir Thomas More's Utopia : An overlooked economic classic

Tomi OvaskaEsa Mangeloja

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ta511instituutiotmedia_common.quotation_subjectGeography Planning and DevelopmentAerospace EngineeringMoreEnvironmental ethicseconomic systemsDevelopmentyhteisomistusSketchtalousjärjestelmätThomasWork (electrical)common propertyUtopiareligionCommon propertyinstitutionsSociologyUtopiaContent (Freudian dream analysis)uskontomedia_common

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Sir Thomas More's Utopia, published in 1516, is a classic work of how to organise a society based on common property. With a unique mix of common property, institutions and sound economic insights, we argue that More built a framework for a society that could be viable in the long run. While the conditions that make Utopia work are quite restrictive, it does provide a sketch of a society where common property may not stifle long‐term development, but is associated with productive workers and people content with their lives.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-02-01Economic Affairs
10.1111/ecaf.12326https://doi.org/10.1111/ecaf.12326