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Examine the concept of land rent.

  • Economic Geography

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Land rent is the payment made for the use of land — but in economic geography it is better understood as the economic surplus generated by land on account of its fertility, location and accessibility. Rent decides which activity gets which plot: the highest rent-earning use outbids all others. It is therefore the analytical hinge…

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  • Introduction: Beyond Price to Surplus
  • 1. The Classical Lineage
  • a) Adam Smith — The Precursor
  • b) David Ricardo — Extensive Differential Rent
  • c) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels — Rent as Exploitation
  • 2. Von Thünen — The Spatial Turn in Land Rent
  • …and 4 more sections, with a conclusion
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