Money and the Origin of Inequality

From Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
The tacit consent to use money allows men to enlarge possessions beyond use, introducing legitimate inequality of property prior to political society.
Ch. V, sec. 36-50

Introduction of money by tacit agreement and its role in unequal possessions.

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Ch. V, sec. 50

Men have agreed to disproportionate and unequal possession of the earth by tacit and voluntary consent.

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