The Power in the Land, 9780856835421
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Land speculation: the hidden force behind booms, busts, and inequality.

The Power in the Land

2nd edition

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  • Paperback

    330 pages

  • Release Date

    10 April 2021

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Summary

The major industrial nations enter the 1990s in the midst of land booms offering riches for a few but unemployment for many.

  • Banks in Texas were bankrupted by massive speculation in real estate. Even embassies had to abandon their offices because they could not afford the rents in Tokyo.
  • In Britain, the spoils from housing—the direct result of the way the land market operates—enriched owner-occupiers but crippled the flow of workers into regions where entrepreneurs want…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780856835421
ISBN-10:0856835420
Author:Fred Harrison
Publisher:Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd
Imprint:Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:330
Edition:2nd
Release Date:10 April 2021
Weight:534g
Dimensions:31mm x 229mm x 122mm
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Critics Review

“This is a brilliantly-written and extremely readable book … not unduly difficult for those with no more than an elementary grasp of economic concepts.” – Journal of General Management

“Harrison’s book is a formidable challenge to the apologists for the status quo which raises, and goes a long way toward answering, the questions that gnaw at the intellects and consciences of all thinking men and women.” –The American Journal of Economics and Sociology

“This is a brilliantly-written and extremely readable book … not unduly difficult for those with no more than an elementary grasp of economic concepts.” –Journal of General Management

About The Author

Fred Harrison

Fred Harrison is Executive Director for the Land Research Trust. He studied economics at Oxford, first at Ruskin College and then at University College, where he read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. His MSc is from the University of London. He cut short a career as an investigative journalist in Fleet Street and embarked on a 10-year sojourn in Russia, following the collapse of communism, acting as an advisor to a number of Russian academic and political bodies, including the Duma (parliament), in order to help the Russian people avoid the economics favoured by rent-seekers.

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