“Natural asset companies” would put a market price on improving ecosystems, rather than on destroying them.
Category: Land Use Policies
China’s Property Crisis Blew Up Investments That Couldn’t Lose
Citic said its new fund was as safe as they come because it would invest in real estate. Then the developer defaulted and the projects stalled.
The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your Land
Amid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency.
How the Dream of Building a California City From Scratch Got Started
A former Goldman Sachs trader moved to the Bay Area to make it in tech. He ended up buying rural land with money from some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest people.
A California Land Mystery Is Solved. Now the Political Fight Begins.
Tech industry investors spent roughly $900 million buying land to build a dream city in a rural part of the Bay Area. It could be years, though, before they can do anything with it.
Can Affluence and Affordable Housing Coexist in Colorado’s Rockies?
The outdoorsy lifestyle of Colorado mountain towns has become a magnet for the new remote-worker class, upending life for those already rooted there.
A Copper Mine Could Advance Green Energy but Scar Sacred Land
Tribal groups are fighting an Arizona project whose backers say increasing the supply of copper, crucial to batteries, would reduce fossil-fuel use.