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The Land Trap

By Mike Bird

The Land Trap

By Mike Bird

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How the world’s oldest asset secretly shapes our modern economy In The Land Trap, Mike Bird—Wall Street editor at The Economist—reveals how this ancient asset still exerts outsize influence over the modern world. From the speculative land grabs of colonial America to China's real estate crisis today, Bird shows how fortunes are built—and destroyed—on the bedrock of land. Tracing three centuries of history, Bird explores how land quietly became the linchpin of the global banking system, driving everything from soaring housing prices to rising geopolitical tensisons. As governments wrestle with inequality and land grows ever scarcer, The Land Trap offers a powerful new framework for understanding the hidden force behind today's most urgent challenges. This is the book for anyone who wants to see beyond markets and money to the real 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2025-11-04
Publication Date:
2025-11-04
Publisher:
Penguin LLC US
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798217178926
Weight:
310 g
Height:
150 cm
Width:
231 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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