The evolution of property as progress and challenges to man

The evolution of property at various stages of human civilization is considered. Particular attention is paid to private property as the basis for the functioning of the national market economy of individual countries. The peculiarity of private property in its various forms – individual, collective, mixed - is revealed. The dynamics of state ownership at various stages of the development of the national and world economy is shown, the mixed economy of modern capitalism is presented as an interaction of private, state and public property. The objective conditionality of increasing the role of the state in the protection of intellectual property, which increases its influence in the context of the spread of digital technologies, is revealed. The problem of human protection and the orientation of technological progress to improve the quality of people’s lives is posed.