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The Land Trap: A New History of the World's Oldest Asset

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mike BirdPublish date:11/4/2025Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:PortfolioISBN-13:9780593719718ISBN-10:593719719UPC:9780593719718Book Category:Business & Economics, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Economic History, Geopolitics, FinanceSize:9.10 x 5.70 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCQCJH3B6M

The Land Trap: A New History of the World's Oldest Asset

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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:PortfolioISBN-13:9780593719718ISBN-10:593719719UPC:9780593719718Book Category:Business & Economics, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Economic History, Geopolitics, FinanceSize:9.10 x 5.70 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCQCJH3B6M
Mike Bird is the Wall Street editor for The Economist, leading coverage of topics across the American financial industry and contributing to coverage of finance globally. He also cohosts the financial podcast Money Talks. Previously, he was a financial columnist and market reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Bird studied history and politics at the University of Exeter in the UK. He is currently...
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