About This Book
The Land Trap (2025) examines how land became the quiet engine driving modern finance, shaping credit markets, housing affordability, and national wealth. It shows how the financialization of land fuels inequality and economic instability while locking nations into a self-reinforcing cycle of speculation and stagnation.
Who Should Read This?
- Anyone interested in global economics and financial systems
- Policy thinkers focused on housing and inequality
- Investors curious about the real roots of market cycles
About the Author
Mike Bird is the Economist’s Wall Street editor, where he oversees coverage of the U.S. financial system and contributes to global reporting on markets and banking. He previously wrote for the Wall Street Journal as a markets reporter and columnist. Bird, who studied history and politics at the University of Exeter, also co-hosts Money Talks, the Economist’s flagship finance podcast. He is based in Singapore.
