Land ownership and land trading are crucial aspects in the spatial planning of town and country, but also of decisive importance in terms of affordability of land – whether that is for living, working or farming. A number of economists argue that land should actually be withdrawn from the market, because it does not work according to the market mechanism: after all, you cannot make more of it “for a while” if supply and demand are not in equilibrium. Reason for City in the Making to highlight the usefulness and necessity of land – and land politics.