Property values shift dramatically with political control of territory

Evidence

Colbert, on the other hand, had earlier tried to organize the French space to concentrate on Paris, the capital, because of his interest in supporting the absolute state and monarchical power. Both were concerned to enhance the fiscal basis of state power, but saw quite different spatial policies as necessary to meet that goal, because they envisaged quite different relations of power between private property and the state 2 What Enlightenment thinkers began to grapple with was the whole problem of ‘the production of space’ as a political and econ­ omic phenomenon. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1619 (#expands, via linked claim)

For reasons I will explain, the paper’s findings concerning the impact of property titling seem to me implausible. I will suggest a number of features of Peruvian politics and urban settlement that offer alternative explanations for the apparent increase in hours worked—explanations more closely linked to the implementation of the titling program and to its location within the wider networks of neoliberalism. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1929 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rival spatial strategies serve different relations between property and state power — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1619; Field’s titling study results may reflect political context rather than property effects — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1929

Broader Connections

• Rival spatial strategies serve different relations between property and state power #expands (0.85) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1619
• Field’s titling study results may reflect political context rather than property effects #corroborates (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1929