The Power in the Land - Paperback

by Fred Harrison (Author)

Uncover the hidden power driving economic cycles and social inequality. Fred Harrison's Power in the Land reveals how land speculation, a force often overlooked, acts as a critical junction box regulating the flow of power between labor and capital. This forgotten theory, championed by thinkers from Adam Smith to Winston Churchill, offers a powerful explanation for economic stagnation.

Is land speculation the key to understanding depressions? Harrison tests this hypothesis against historical facts and recent economic booms and slumps, providing devastating evidence for its role in postwar trends. Discover:

• The root causes of economic instability
• How land monopoly undermines free markets
• The moral and economic case for land value taxation

For economists, policymakers, and anyone seeking a more just and stable economic future, Power in the Land is an insightful and provocative exploration of a long-neglected economic truth.

Author Biography

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.