Date: June 16th, 2008

DeSoto, meet Heinlein: Part 1, selling the future

16 June, 2008 (08:49) | Land use, Legal, Speculation, Theory | No comments

If land ownership spurs investment, as Hernando De Soto and numerous others (including me) believe, can we use the promise of a future rights grant to spur investment?  That’s the premise behind an entertaining and provocative little concept story in The Boston Globe about how we can revive human space exploration:
 
If we really want to [...]