Would you buy farmland, let it sit barren, then sell it years down the road? Of course not -- you would rent it to farmers. This income would need to be included in the returns to buying the land.
Also, many readers seem to miss the fact that Shiller almost certainly did not write that clickbait headline.
Would you buy farmland, let it sit barren, then sell it years down the road? Of course not -- you would rent it to farmers. This income would need to be included in the returns to buying the land.