Sentence examples for land speculation from inspiring English sources

In practice, there is land speculation.

The engine of American growth was land speculation, and the engine of land speculation was paper money.

After 1800 he became involved in unfortunate land speculation and was twice imprisoned for debt.

Tells about land speculation in this area and about homesteaders there.

Stories of fortunes in land speculation captured the imagination, and led to bubbles.

Cooling off land speculation was a major goal of the government's tightening, Mr. Green said.

Environmental groups say land speculation creates demand that is hard to resist.

Land speculation is rampant, but building so far has been somewhat modest and family-oriented.

Having arrived in Missouri sometime after 1802, Ashley prospered in mining, gunpowder manufacture, surveying, and land speculation.

Having lived through a period of boom-and-bust land speculation, he distrusted paper money and banks.

Land speculation and the power of private interests make planned or limited development for the public good very difficult.