Events
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17 February 2015
Seminar Series 11: Lecture 4 - Andy Wightman
Location: The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane , Glasgow, G1 3NU
View mapAndy Wightman, Writer and Researcher
Land reform as an engine of economic progress
Andy Wightman is a writer and researcher on land rights and land reform. His books include Who Owns Scotland (1996), Community Land Rights, A Citizen's Guide (2009) and The Poor Had No Lawyers (2010). He has a particular interest in the relationship between land and property, governance, power and finance and runs the www.whoownsscotland.org.uk website and popular blog at www.andywightman.com.
In this talk, Andy explored the importance of land in the economy and society and argued that reform of land relations needs to be taken seriously as an engine of economic progress. He highlighted issues of governance, ownership, debt, fiscal responsibility and the wider economic and social impacts of flawed land policies in Scotland, the UK and across the world.