7. John Locke

John Locke is one of the first to argue that those who take something out of the common stock of nature have legitimate grounds to consider that thing their property. This labour theory of property had radical consequences that Locke may or may not have realised.

John Locke (1632–1704) "Of Civil Government" (1690), pg. 57 - 59 and "Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money" (1691), pg. 59 - 77 in Medema, S.G., & Samuels, W.J. (Eds.). (2003). The History of Economic Thought: A Reader. Routledge

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