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> "A simple pen" is a nice example, but the real interesting question is what to do about common goods like natural resources and land.

This very question is what is addressed with Henry George's concept of private property in land (aka Georgism, aka Geolibertarianism, aka geoism).[0]

To quote the Wiki page to tie this into the article: "Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek credited early enthusiasm for Henry George with developing his interest in economics."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism



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