Tara (or, Land as an Investment)

In this episode of the Plutonomix Podcast, Laurie Kamhi and Barnaby Levin begin with a reminder of the pending collapse of our Social Security and Medicare systems. They recommend a few, incremental actions they hope we'll take as a Country and some things in which to invest -- turning, today, to farming and farmland, where they first address some key issues for context.  TIMESTAMPS (00:01)  Intro (03:59)  Roots of an Uprising (05:02)  Who owns our Farmland (06:03)  Investing in Farmland – is it worth it (07:31)  The Problem with Ethanol (09:15)  Risks of Foreign Ownership (10:42)  Other than CFIUS... (11:53)  Outro    RESOURCES Adopt-A-Safta 2021 Farmland Value Survey - Iowa State University Gone With The Wind Scene: Land Is The Only Thing That Lasts Environmental outcomes of the US Renewable Fuel Standard The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Contact Barnaby Contact Laurie