Housing sucks up more of our income and more of our savings than anything else. It represents around 60% of Britain's assets. From soaring homelessness to widening wealth inequality, the relationship between the British people and our homes is deeply troubled: you can't understand the crisis in the UK economy without understanding what's happened to housing and land. Toby Lloyd from Shelter, and Josh Ryan-Collins and Laurie Macfarlane from the New Economics Foundation have a new book out helping us get to grips with what's gone wrong and how to fix it. I had a chat with Laurie in the NEF offices to find out more – enjoy. [embed]https://soundcloud.com/opendemocracy/property-is-thefy-property-is-liberty-land-housing-and-the-crisis-of-the-british-economy[/embed]
Podcast: to rebalance Britain's economy, we must rethink land and housing economics
Adam Ramsay
Adam Ramsay is openDemocracy's special correspondent. You can follow him at @adamramsay. Adam is a member of the Scottish Green Party, sits on the board of Voices for Scotland and advisory committees for the Economic Change Unit and the journal Soundings.
Laurie Macfarlane
Laurie Macfarlane is a co-director at Future Economy Scotland and a Fellow at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). He was formerly economics editor at openDemocracy and a senior economist at the New Economics Foundation
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