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I'm Rufus Grisco, and this is the next big idea.

Today, we've reached the top 10 in our countdown of the most popular bookbites of the year,

the very best books of 2021. At number 10, mine, how the hidden rules of ownership control our lives

by James Salzman and Michael Heller. What if ownership isn't a fact but a story? That's the

tantalizing premise of mine. It's law professor authors bring their combined wisdom on the subject

of property to show that the way we handle our personal tug of war is over parking spaces,

property lines and reclining airline seats. It says a lot about how we can handle big social

problems like wealth inequality and climate change. Here's Michael.

Hi, my name is Michael Heller. I'm a professor at Columbia Law School where I teach and write about

ownership about who gets what and why. James Salzman and I wrote mine, how the hidden rules of

ownership control our lives. Mine is one of the first words kids speak in every culture.

As an adult, you know what it means to buy a cup of coffee or a home. Mine couldn't be simpler

and it couldn't be more important. But much of what you know about ownership is wrong. Here are

five insights from mine. Insight one. American Airlines sells the same space twice on every flight.

Think about the last time you flew on an airplane. Did you lean back to someone lean their seat

into your knees and laptop? Last year, Wendy Williams reclined on an American Airlines flight to

New Orleans. The guy behind got mad. He started tapping his hand on the back of Wendy's seat

like an irritating metronome. Wendy's video of their fight went viral. Ownership of that reclining

wedge may seem obvious, but it is not. When we pull audiences on who is in the right,

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