Editing Land (economics) (section)

== Ownership ==
{{Main|Land tenure}}
Because no man created the land, it does not have a definite original proprietor, owner or user.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/m/mill/john_stuart/m645p/complete.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914163911/http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/m/mill/john_stuart/m645p/complete.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2009|title=The Principles of Political Economy|last=Mill|first=John Stuart|others=Book 2, Chapter 2, §6|year=1848}}</ref>  
{{Blockquote|text=No man made the land. It is the original inheritance of the whole species.
|author=[[John Stuart Mill]]
}}

Consequently, conflicting claims on geographic locations and mineral deposits have historically led to disputes over their economic rent and contributed to many civil wars and revolutions.

In the context of geographic locations the resulting conflict is regularly understood as the [[Land Question|land question]] (see e.g. United Kingdom,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2019/04/england-s-new-enclosures-why-questions-land-ownership-are-entering|title=England's new enclosures: why questions of land ownership are entering the political mainstream|last=Christophers|first=Brett|date=2019-04-18|access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref> South Africa,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c81543d8-a61b-11e8-926a-7342fe5e173f |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/c81543d8-a61b-11e8-926a-7342fe5e173f |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Land reform in South Africa is crucial for inclusive growth|last=Ramaphosa|first=Cyril|date=2018-08-23|website=Financial Times|access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref> Canada<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/opinion/opinion-the-land-question-should-be-a-matter-of-concern|title=Opinion: The land question should be a matter of concern|last=Hunter|first=Troy|date=2017-01-30|work=Vancouver Sun|access-date=2015-09-02}}</ref>).