Executive Summary
Short IIPP blog announcement (Feb 2019) for the third Rethinking Capitalism lecture at UCL, delivered by Josh Ryan-Collins. Anchors Ryan-Collins’s focus on economic rent, land, and housing history, and housing-affordability crisis for “Generation Rent.” The accompanying lecture was recorded as YouTube video gRYgAw8byhM (also ingested; transcript is 1860 lines).
Key Claims / Framing
- “A much neglected issue in mainstream economics and the source of increasing concern in public policy: land and housing.”
- “Today, the main use of land is a site of housing, with housing affordability becoming a major issue of concern in advanced economies.”
- Partners with Ryan-Collins’ book Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing (2017).
Notable Quotes
“The economics of land and what that means for Generation Rent.”
Concepts Referenced
- Economic Rent
- Land Value Theory
- Land-Credit Feedback Loop — Ryan-Collins’ central academic contribution
- 18.6-Year Real Estate Cycle — complementary academic framing
Cross-References
- ryan-collins-rethinking-land-housing-ch1 — full book chapter
- ryan-collins-bartlett-lecture-2018 — companion lecture (see below, newly created)
- josh-ryan-collins — entity page (to be created Phase 2)
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