Many studies have shown that wealth inequality is even greater than income inequality and has increased in recent decades. This issue of Policy in Focus is dedicated to wealth taxes, presenting various perspectives on whether they can be an effective instrument for distributive and fiscal...

"As formerly community-owned land and natural resources are privatized and titling schemes proliferate, Property Rights from Below questions the trend towards treating land as a commodity and explores alternatives to the Western model."

Introduction : Land Fictions and the Politics of Commodification in City and Country / D. Asher Ghertner and Robert W. Lake -- Fictitious but not Utopian : Land Commodification and Dispossession in Rural India / Michael Levien -- Fictions of Surplus : Commodifying Public Land in Canada and the...

Die Wüstenrot-Stiftung dokumentiert mit diesem Buch ihren 3. Wettbewerb von 1998, diesmal zum Thema "Revitalisierung und Umnutzung von Gebäuden". Berücksichtigt wurden Projekte von Wohngebäuden, landwirtschaftliche oder militärische Gebäude bis zu gewerblichen Anlagen aller Art, die nach...