Land
A New Paradigm for a Thriving World

I'm a realtor, so the irony of reading this was pretty enjoyable in itself. There are some great points throughout, though to ever reach the scale upon which these ideas would be effective we may have to be on the verge of global pandemonium towards poverty and societal imbalance. What really struck......more

I was frustrated with this extended essay. While Adams made a number of excellent observations about the role of property in American society, he failed to convince me that his solution — community land contributions — is the all-around elixir he thinks it is. This has to do with the numbers he pres......more

We made this book! Actually, first Martin Adams wrote this book and then he asked us to produce it as an audiobook. So call this a hopeful 5 stars, hopeful that listeners will find this book, hopeful that the powerful ideas it artfully conveys can make that much more progress in(to) the world, and h......more

Thesis: "monopoly of land—not the monopoly of money—is the primary driver of poverty and inequality." Those who come to this book seeking solutions to poverty and inequality (and climate change for that matter) will likely be disappointed. And not because Adams has no solutions to offer: he has a rat......more

na obra progress and poverty, do final do século xix, o economista henry george argumenta que, uma vez que a terra é património de toda a sociedade e que a pobreza tem como base a sua distribuição desigual, o usufruo da terra deve ser taxado de acordo com o seu valor, desincentivando assim o rentism......more