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

By Michael Albertus. Shows that a society’s path to prosperity, sustainability, and equality depends on who owns the land. Holds that who owns the land determines whether a society will be equal or unequal, whether it will develop or decline, and whether it will safeguard or sacrifice its environment. Suggests that choices about who owns the land have an effect on poverty, sexism, racism, and the climate crisis—and that what we do with the land today can change our collective fate. Read more.