The land trap : a new history of the world's oldest asset / Mike Bird.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bird, Mike, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--Economic aspects.

Land use.

Land tenure--Economic aspects.

Land tenure.

Land speculation.

Real estate investment.

International finance.

Physical Description:

326 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Portfolio/Penguin, [2025]

Summary:

"How the world's oldest asset secretly shapes our modern economy In The Land Trap, Mike Bird-The Economist's Wall Street editor-pulls back the curtain on how this ancient asset exerts outsized influence over the modern world. With masterful insight into global finance, Bird reveals how land has quietly become the linchpin of the world's banking system, affecting everything from soaring housing prices to geopolitical tensions. From the speculative land grabs of colonial America to China's modern-day real estate crisis, Bird shows how fortunes are built-or destroyed-all on the bedrock of land. As governments wrestle with inequality, climate crises threaten entire regions, and land becomes ever scarcer, The Land Trap offers a bold new framework for understanding the driving force behind today's most pressing challenges. Eye-opening and timely, Bird's analysis unveils how land remains the ultimate currency of power-and the key to economic survival in an increasingly fragile world. This is the book for anyone who wants to see beyond markets and money to the hidden game being played on a foundation as old as civilization itself. Timely, provocative, and essential, The Land Trap will change how you see the ground beneath your feet"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The life of the land

The making of nations

Land wars

Shaky ground

To the tiller

Collateral and damage

The land standard

Learning the hard way

The biggest bubble in history

Singapore fever

Falling stars and superstars

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Bird, Mike Land trap

ISBN:

9780593719718

0593719719

OCLC:

1498954627

Publisher Number:

90103033462