The Power in the Land - 2nd Edition by Fred Harrison (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"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 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.