Originally published on Progress and Poverty on September 17, 2026. Republished on Progress.org with permission. The other day at church, a fellow parishioner asked me, “Lars, my friend just bought a ...

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Originally published on Progress and Poverty on September 3, 2026. Republished on Progress.org with permission. There are two things we like to point out here at the Center for Land Economics: the ...