Controversy over public land makes tallying common rents controversial, too.

New questers of insightful stats, meet new calculators of insightful stats.

No one else can be bothered to calculate natural surplus exactly. Can we?

At a time like this, are gadflies who seek a stat fiddling while Rome burns?

To fix economics, take out the “eco” and put in a “geo” (not ego) for Earth.

Is economics a hopeless case, utterly useless to knowing the size of rent?

Inside the Santa’s workshop for all the needy banksters.

Caution is called for when exploring ahead of the cutting-edge.

The realm of the possible physical laws is part of nature, too.

Our degrading land converts rents into other expenses—then vice versa.

What are utility networks doing in the category of natural resources?

Some insiders extend assistance to the one seeking a total for all land’s value.

A best guess—minus the politicizing that goes into minimizing all rents.

Tuning out our spending for land was gradual, then worsened. Now it’s complete.

Those rubber rulers when measuring rents work like wavy mirrors.

If you can’t count on their counts, then count only on doing “freak-onomics.”

Criticism of the field comes not only from rebels but also big name academics.

Oil makes some rich, topsoil not so much, but every trillion counts.

Academic guesses are based on public records based on private sales.

Since land is so crucial, some can’t resist estimating its worth.