Property rights cause scarcity anywhere and everywhere; there's plenty of gold to go around in in Goldstrike but only Barrick Gold is allowed to extract it. Ul

Property rights cause scarcity anywhere and everywhere; there's plenty of gold to go around in in Goldstrike but only Barrick Gold is allowed to extract it. Ultimately it comes down to whether one believes that the smart and creative don't deserve to extract profit from their creations nearly as much as the wealthy deserve to extract rent out of physical stuff they didn't create...