Sand heists and property rights in the Caribbean (Summer School)
Planet Money
- Published
- August 5, 2026
- Duration
- 40:16
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- Last updated
- Sep 6, 2026
Discusses Imagine a nation where, for the residents, land is for the claiming. You walk down the street, pick …
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Imagine a nation where, for the residents, land is for the claiming. You walk down the street, pick out a nice looking plot of land, and just plop down a marker. No rent, no taxes, no deed – just free land. That’s the communal system of property rights that governed a small Caribbean island for over a century.This week on our Summer School World Tour we m…
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Imagine a nation where, for the residents, land is for the claiming. You walk down the street, pick out a nice looking plot of land, and just plop down a marker. No rent, no taxes, no deed – just free land. That’s the communal system of property rights that governed a small Caribbean island for over a century.This week on our Summer School World Tour we make port on the small economies of island nations, a great place to explore how different experiments play out. Every small change – the good a