tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post7972945063532017076..comments2024-03-19T12:52:03.531+05:30Comments on The Leap Blog: The resource curse of land ownershipAjay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-38282579425965206302012-01-15T23:37:47.482+05:302012-01-15T23:37:47.482+05:30Very good post.
The parents of the current or pr...Very good post. <br /><br />The parents of the current or previous generations seemed to have suffered the most. Often there is a conflict as to which of the current sibling needs to 'sacrifice' their career to take care of ancestral land - that the parents went through great hardship to preserve against criminal politicians, encroachers and goondas.<br /><br />In fact with the right exposure and trust, a couple with good people management skills willing to manage rural land with laborers as a career can find 100s of acreage to manage with upwards of 50k salary per month, as the heirs of such aged landlords have immigrated abroad OR to the cities and lack the sophisticated man management skills anymore.<br /><br />sadVISANSIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198212359287804563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-48023206335798990852012-01-15T18:20:33.050+05:302012-01-15T18:20:33.050+05:30I agree. The same applies to the Middle East (curs...I agree. The same applies to the Middle East (curse of oil). In geenric terms, both are inherited wealth and are way inferior to acquired wealth. <br /><br />Ajay's analysis is correct for big landlords. It applies in lesser measure to small landlords whose landholdings were sufficient for the livelihood but not attractive enough to keep them tied up to village set-up. This statement is based upon anecdotes without any detailed analysis. Attraction for education and upward mobility has not remained totally absent even with landlords.Aftab Alam B.Tech, CFA, FRMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11273120957773076490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-61016571292547198622012-01-15T13:15:53.284+05:302012-01-15T13:15:53.284+05:30Except that in England the landed gentry are still...Except that in England the landed gentry are still the aristocrats and from my guess, the most stable well-off group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-86322722683358494582012-01-15T08:11:46.910+05:302012-01-15T08:11:46.910+05:30I think similar thing happened to the landed gentr...I think similar thing happened to the landed gentry in England post the Industrial Revolution. <br /><br />As societies move from agrarian to industrial and now a post industrial world, agricultural land is one of the lowest yielding assets.Nirav Kanodrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03526331968762900470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-8807567758993271662012-01-14T02:58:57.797+05:302012-01-14T02:58:57.797+05:30What is a good store of value in a country that lo...What is a good store of value in a country that looks like falling deeper and deeper into misgovernance?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-84446029983371186802012-01-13T03:02:27.406+05:302012-01-13T03:02:27.406+05:30One of your best posts. It opens the mind to a ver...One of your best posts. It opens the mind to a very different point of view than commonly prevalent. Might we see some active opposition to this new Land Acquisition Bill from economists and social scientists? Or are such views considered as middle class elitist? Could this be backed with data? Even if it could, will anybody even have the courage to oppose those policies that sound so egalitarian? I doubt it, and I have the sad success of Mamata to prove it.Ashnoreply@blogger.com