Kate Brown Ch 3 Q 6

 There were two topics that I found to be the most interesting. First was the topic that addressed the idea of "who owns what?" This is a very important question and is a good example of when it is necessary for the governmnet to step in. In the case of the neighbor who plays the bongos the government determines whether you have the right to silence or whether you should have to pay for it. This brings up the question of international things and how to determine what nation owns what. The second topic that I found interesting is simialr to the first. Wheelan discusses whether people who haven't actaully paid for something (such as a park or lighthouse) should still be able to benefit from it. Obviously you aren't going to tell the captin of a ship to close his eyes when passing a lighthouse because he didn't pay for it but it is also important to find a way to stop free riders from crippling enterprises as they did in Stephan King's online book experiment.