Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies

An award-winning political scientist shows that a society’s path to prosperity, sustainability, and equality depends on who owns the land

“Fascinating...a must read.” —Thomas Piketty, New York Times–bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year

For millennia, land has been a symbol of wealth and privilege. But the true power of land ownership is even greater than we might think. In Land Power, political scientist Michael Albertus shows that who...