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Public Voice

Voices from the public

Our public voice section intends to share the ideas and viewpoints of the general public with our readers. We are all on this planet together. Our voices together are the path towards progress. Topics range across the spectrum and authors include neighbors, students, and scholars alike.

The Global Debt Catastrophe in Real-Time

A new animated world debt clock has been launched covering 40+ of the world's biggest economies from the US to Australia.

Henry George Knew How to End Economic Inequality

Henry George iterated that cause of inequality in the distribution of wealth is inequality in the ownership of land.

The Resources of Nature Belong to Everybody

To maximize freedom, share the natural resources and immense profits made with the public.

Why a Land Value Tax is Inevitable

The 2020s will inflict a lot of pain due to policy mistakes of the previous years and governments will be forced into long overdue corrections, which start with an LVT.

Highlights from the 2018 CGO Conference

Highlights from the 2018 Council of Georgist Organizations Conference in Baltimore, MD.

Sustainability Squared

We already have the technology to live and work in ways that vastly reduce stress on natural resources while simultaneously creating more jobs. The obstacles we face are political.

2018 CGO Conference: Will Land Value Tax Turn Baltimore Around?

Schedule of events and speakers at the 2018 Council of Georgist Organizations Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Co-existing with Rent-seekers

A misunderstanding among Georgists revolves around the degree that rent-seeking should be allowed. Exactly how do we co-exist with hardcore rent-seekers?

It’s Time to Call the Housing Crisis What It Really Is

Most of today’s ‘wealth’ isn’t the result of entrepreneurialism and hard work – it has been accumulated by being idle and unproductive.

Empires and Human Behavior

If we are going to have empires, maybe having them be dedicated to an ideal of good management and taking care of the people with a mind for long term sustainability isn't all bad.

Why Land Value Tax and Universal Basic Income Need Each Other

Land Value Tax can generate and recoup the funds needed for a Citizen's Dividend Basic Income, while a Citizen's Dividend Basic Income makes a clear case for taxing land values.

Monopoly was Invented to Demonstrate the Shortcomings of Capitalism

Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism. Is it time to reinstate the original rules of Monopoly?

Land in Ancient Israel and Early Zionism

The ills of stratification and sectarianism can be alleviated when we acknowledge that land is under a jurisdiction that is more sacred than its commodification.

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