The Problem of Property: Taking the Freedom of Nonowners Seriously is my first statement of the “Indepentarian” theory of property, called “Justice as the Pursuit of Accord.” It argues the natural-rights-based arguments for unequal private property have failed to establish that institution as a natural right. As currently constituted, it is a legal privilege, inconsistent with the maximum equal freedom from interference.
The book discusses how to establish and maintain a property system that best promotes freedom from interference for everyone—including nonowners. Paying taxes and obeying regulations is part of the purchase price of the right to control, use, or use-up any good made partly out of natural resources (i.e. all goods), because doing so interferes with people who control, use, or use-up fewer natural resources.
A sufficient portion of that tax revenue has to be redistributed in the form of a Universal Basic Income to ensure the property system is in the interest of everyone.