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The surprising economics of the world’s most valuable asset

The New Bazaar by Economic Innovation Group

Nov 20, 20251:00:00Society & Culture

Mike Bird, the Wall Street editor of The Economist, joins Cardiff to discuss his new book, The Land Trap: A New History of the World’s Oldest Asset. By one estimate, the value of land makes up roughly a third of all the...

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The surprising economics of the world’s most valuable asset is an episode from The New Bazaar by Economic Innovation Group. Mike Bird, the Wall Street editor of The Economist, joins Cardiff to discuss his new book, The Land Trap: A New Hist...

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Published Nov 20, 2025, 1:00:00 long, audio available.

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