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Going My Way? Winding Through the Stumbling Blocks Between Georgism and Catholicism (July/August 2007)

Book Review: Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny (July/August 2007)

Biennial Conference of Ecological Economists Refines its Discipline (July/August 2007)

Three Panels of Georgist Presentations at the US Society for Ecological Economics Conference (July/August 2007)

Remarks at the Scranton Conference Banquet July 26, 2007 (July/August 2007)

Public Revenue Education Council and National Conference of State Legislatures -- Biggest and Best in Boston (July/August 2007)

Color Commentary on the Georgist Presence at the National Conference of State Legislatures (July/August 2007)


The Real Estate Cycle and the Depression of 2008 (May/June 2007)

Jeff Smith and Tom Gihring Present at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Conference (May/June 2007)

Financing Community Redevelopment Through Land Value Increments: An Alternative to TIF (May/June 2007)

Perverse Property Taxation (May/June 2007)

Thought on a Fare Increase (May/June 2007)

Henry George Spring Program Held at University of Scranton (May/June 2007)

Henry George in the 21st Century -- Part Two (May/June 2007)


George in the 21st Century -- Part One (March/April 2007)

Assembly Testimony on Equity in Assessment Practices (March/April 2007)

Can a Citizens Dididend Replace Welfare? (March/April 2007)

Minnesota HF 962 Introduced (March/April 2007)

Eastern Economics Association Conference Held February 23-25 (March/April 2007)

West Virginia Efforts Toward Land Value Taxation (March/April 2007)

Bill Drafted in Oregon (March/April 2007)


The Seventh Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (January/February 2007)

Exempt Buildings from Real Estate Tax (January/February 2007)

Henry George: The Relevance of His Philosophy Today (January/February 2007)

INSIGHTS: Growth Spurts in Cities (January/February 2007)

WRITE ON -- Henry George - Site Value Charges (January/February 2007)

CAPITALISM 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons (January/February 2007)


The Bible and Henry George (November/December 2006)

The United Nations Habitat Global Land Tool Network Land Value Tax Project (November/December 2006)

New Life in Old Cities (November/December 2006)


Green Party-Ontario Activists Promote Georgist Philosophy (September/October 2006)

New Housing Units in the U.S. are Getting Bigger and Bigger: No One Should Be Surprised (September/October 2006)

Book Review -- CREATING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: PAST EXPERIENCES, FUTURE STRUGGLES (September/October 2006)

Practical Solutions to Transit Problems (September/October 2006)

Insights: NEW LIFE FOR OLD CITIES (September/October 2006)

My Brush With John Kenneth Galbraith (September/October 2006)

Williams College Biennial Henry George Lecture (September/October 2006)

The Great Land Rush (September/October 2006)


CGO Conference Launches Modern Edition of Progress & Poverty (July/August 2006)

International Union Conference Held in London (July/August 2006)

Insights: A Severance Tax on California Oil? (July/August 2006)

UN-Habitat World Urban Forum III Held in Vancouver (July/August 2006)

PREC Hosted Booth at National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in Nashville (July/August 2006)

Book Review -- The Physical Foundation of Economics: An Analytic Thermodynamic Theory (July/August 2006)


The Impact of Property Taxation on Housing Markets (May/June 2006)

Controller's Report on New York State Property Taxes - A Heap of Distortions (May/June 2006)

Property Tax Crisis in Pennsylvania (May/June 2006)

The WEALTHANDWANT Website (May/June 2006)

Insights: Georgists and Chicago's Growth, 1890-1930 (May/June 2006)

Book Review -- THE LONG EMERGENCY (May/June 2006)


Book Review: Wheels of Fortune (March/April 2006)

GEONOMICS: Financing the Ecologizing of Cities (March/April 2006)

2006 Eastern Economic Association Conference Impressions (March/April 2006)

Rent-Seeking and Global Conflict (March/April 2006)

LVT Legislation (March/April 2006)


THE HOUSING BUBBLE IS REAL AND IS COMING SOON TO YOUR PART OF THE COUNTRY (January/February 2006)

2006 COUNCIL OF GEORGIST ORGANIZATIONS ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED: THE SELF SUPPORTING CITY (January/February 2006)

HENRY GEORGE FALL 2005 LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (January/February 2006)

INSIGHTS: REPOPULATING NEW ORLEANS (January/February 2006)

REPORT ON THE 2005 AMI MONETARY REFORM CONFERENCE (January/February 2006)


LAND VALUE CAPTURE, CONGESTION CHARGES AND RATIONAL TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY (November/December 2005)

BOOM BUST: HOUSE PRICES, BANKING AND THE DEPRESSION OF 2010 (November/December 2005)

PARKING SPACE VALUE (November/December 2005)

DENYING INFLATION: WHO, WHY AND HOW? (November/December 2005)

GEORGISM ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION: LESSONS FOR TODAY (November/December 2005)


TESTIMONY TO NYS COMMISSION ON SCHOOL PROPERTY TAX ALTERNATIVES (September/October 2005)

IS GENTRIFICATION A THREAT? (September/October 2005)

INSIGHTS: DEFINING "CONSUMPTION" (September/October 2005)

ANOTHER KIND OF TRICKLE DOWN (September/October 2005)

TWO BOOK REVIEWS (September/October 2005)

REALIZING UTOPIA or SUNDRY REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF GEORGISM (September/October 2005)

HENRY GEORGE BROCHURE DESIGNED (September/October 2005)


PHILADELPHIA CHAMPIONS OF TAX REFORM SPOKE AT 2005 CGO CONFERENCE (July/August 2005)

AMERICA'S LOW SAVINGS RATE: WHAT CAN WE DO? (July/August 2005)

IT IS A LOCATION VALUE CHARGE (July/August 2005)

RATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN AN IRRATIONAL WORLD (July/August 2005)

HOW TO REFUTE ARGUMENTS FOR REDUCING REAL ESTATE TAXES (July/August 2005)

WRITE ON -- Reprints of recent Letters to the Editor (July/August 2005)

NCSL IS WAITING ON US (July/August 2005)


THE FALLACY OF THE THREE-LEGGED STOOL METAPHOR (May/June 2005)

WHERE "HOUSING" IS TAKING US: A CALL FOR ACTION (May/June 2005)

TAX REFORMS PROPOSED TO PROMOTE SAVING (May/June 2005)

PAINLESS TAXATION (May/June 2005)

ON COLLECTING OUR RENT or WV LEGISLATURE--WE NEED YOUR HELP IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY (May/June 2005)

AN ALTERNATIVE TAX REGIME FOR THE BAHAMAS (May/June 2005)

WRONG DIAGNOSIS UNDERLIES POST'S PESSIMISM ON SMART GROWTH (May/June 2005)

REPORT ON SCRANTON UNIVERSITY HENRY GEORGE SPRING SEMINAR (May/June 2005)


FOURTEEN DAYS IN BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA (March/April 2005)

GEORGISM: LAND ECONOMICS AS THE WAY OUT OF TODAY'S ECONOMIC MESS (March/April 2005)

LEGISLATION INTRODUCED FOR 2-RATE LAND VALUE TAX IN SEVERAL STATES (March/April 2005)

THE SALES TAX: HISTORY OF A NOXIOUS IDEA (March/April 2005)

THE GOLDEN KEY TO CONTINUOUS PROSPERITY (book review) (March/April 2005)


EARTH RIGHTS DEMOCRACY - PUBLIC FINANCE BASED ON EARLY CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS (January/February 2005)

COMMON SENSE PUBLIC POLICY (January/February 2005)

LAND TAX REFORM PROPOSED FOR IOWA (January/February 2005)

IN MEMORIAM, STAN SAPIRO, 1918-2004 (January/February 2005)

JOHN BURGER, 1916 - 2005 (January/February 2005)

WRITE ON -- Reprints of recently published Letters to the Editor and Extracts from other Relevant Articles (January/February 2005)


Ethical Land Tenure (November/December 2004)

Comparison of George's Economic Theory of Justice with the Catholic Church's Social Teachings Concerning the Right to Private Property in Land (November/December 2004)

An Alabama Story -- Susan Pace Hamill, Governor O'Reilly and the Alabama Voters (November/December 2004)

SCRANTON UNIVERSITY'S 19TH ANNUAL HENRY GEORGE LECTURE (November/December 2004)

WRITE ON -- Reprints of recently published Letters to the Editor and Extracts from other Relevant Articles (November/December 2004)

THE MYSTERY OF CAPITAL: WHY CAPITALISM TRIUMPHS IN THE WEST AND FAILS EVERYWHERE ELSE -- Book Review (November/December 2004)


Sounding the Revenue Potential of Land: Fifteen Submerged Elements (September/October 2004)

John Maynard Keynes and 20th Century Liberalism (September/October 2004)

THE CITIZEN'S DIVIDEND: Sharing the Wealth of the Commons (September/October 2004)

Book Review-- MEASURING AMERICA: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy (September/October 2004)

25th Annual Conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations is in 2005 (September/October 2004)

Palesky Tax Cap Would Make Maine Poorer (September/October 2004)

Georgist Booth at Affordable Housing Conference, Seattle (September/October 2004)


ALBUQUERQUE LEADERS AND GEORGISTS TALKED LAND USE AND TAXES (July/August 2004)

HAVE WE FORGOTTEN THE FOUNDATION? (July/August 2004)

NCSL NEEDS US AND WANTS US (July/August 2004)

John Stuart Mill on Luddism (July/August 2004)


GEONOMICS: Changing Tax Policy to Encourage More Time Off (May/June 2004)

Tideman a Presenter at the Henry George Lecture at Scranton University (May/June 2004)

Morality and Economic Justice (May/June 2004)

Will "National Debt" End Prosperity As We Know It? (May/June 2004)

International Union Meets in Spain (May/June 2004)

Georgist Booth at Green Party Convention in Milwaukee (May/June 2004)


INSIGHTS: Auri Sacra Fames (March/April 2004)

CITIZEN DIVIDENDS AND OIL RESOURCE RENTS - A Focus on Alaska, Norway and Nigeria (March/April 2004)

WRITE ON: Property Rates Bill Will Have Lasting Slowdown Effects (March/April 2004)

Philadelphia Progresses Toward Tax Reform (March/April 2004)

Forum on Fair Share of the Common Wealth (March/April 2004)

ISAIAH's Land Tax Campaign in Minnesota (March/April 2004)


Has Georgism Been Hijacked by Special Interests? (Jan/Feb 2004)

Insights -- Megabucks for Negabucks: Solving the Water Crisis (Jan/Feb 2004)

Historical Highlights of the Georgist Movement in Eastern Canada (Mainly Ontario) (Jan/Feb 2004)

Many Empirical Studies Show That Two-Rate Benefitted Pittsburgh (Jan/Feb 2004)

Progress & Poverty Now Translated and Printed in Thai (Jan/Feb 2004)


Tax Strategies to Curb Sprawl

Adding a Georgist Message to ARISE's Declaration

Owning Land: Key to Wealth Building?

Common Ground-U.S.A. Sends Letter of Support to the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission Chairman

Theme Set for 2004 Georgist Conference

Robert V. Andelson, 1931-2003 -- William H. Pitt, 1912-2003


Giesen a Candidate for San Francisco Mayor

Weaving the Geo Tapestry

Common Ground-U.S.A. Co-Sponsored Internet Forum

The U.S. Housing Sector Has Pulled The Economy Along, But At Considerable Cost, and Not for Much Longer

Book review -- THE PARTY'S OVER: OIL, WAR, AND THE FATE OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES

Presentation Made to Boston Society of Architects

WHO WOULD JESUS TAX? The Saga of Susan Pace Hamill's Alabama Tax Crusade

MARK YOUR CALENDAR -- 2004 Council of Georgist Organizations Conference


Untax Buildings, Uptax Land

Two-Rate Taxation Conference in Hartford Draws Interest of Professionals

Booth Hosted at National Conference of State Legislatures in San Francisco

Affordable Cities: Bringing the Cost of Living Down to Earth

Presentations Featured at Bridgeport Conference

Taxing for Progress -- Two-Rate Property Taxation

Georgists at Ecological Economics Conference

Smart Growth Tool Kit Promotes LVT

Measuring Progress and Defining Success

Philadelphia City Councilors Held Hearing on Land Value Taxation

Recent News Items -- Virginia, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Oregon

Water and Privatization

Do Urban Growth Boundaries Raise Housing Costs?

Economists Contemplate Citizens Dividend

Write On -- Reprints of Recently Published Letters to the Editor

First Nations and Land Rights

First Nations Resource Management and Walpole Island

July CGO Conference in Bridgeport, Connecticut

State Governments Should Adopt a Land Value Surtax

Henry George's Concept of Money

Book Review -- The Lost Science of Money

Democracy, Earth Rights, and the Next Economy

Land Tax Seminar in Washington DC

Two-Rate Property Tax Option for Roanoke, Virginia

The Productivity of Humor

Peace Through Confederal Democracy and Economic Justice

Affordable Cities Theme Set for 2003 Georgist Conference

Niger Delta Fund Initiative Launched

Conference on Vacant Land

Progress and Poverty on the Web

The Prosperity Paradox

Dr. Irene Hickman (1915-2002)

Hartzok and Smith Among "There Are Alternatives" Essay Contest Winners

Smith's Prize-Winning Essay on Geonomics

Hartzok's Prize-Winning Essay on Alaska's Permanent Fund

The Story of Pittsburgh's Tax History, From 1914

Schleicher's New Angle on Promoting Land Value Taxation

Earth Rights Institute Officially Not-for-Profit

Henry George Mentioned in the Nation

Economic Justice and the Green Movement

Libertarianism and Georgism -- The Philosophical and Practical Relationship

St. Louis Union Local 420 Proposed Resolution to National AFT/AFL-CIO Convention

How Long Will Land Markets Continue to Spiral Upward?

My Labor / Union Awakening

Land Value Taxation Around the World

NCSL Booth Hosted

Evelyn Friend Loomis, 1916-2002

Modeling Land Rent and Transportation Costs

Democracy, Earth Rights and Ecotaxation

Open Letter to the Collier County (Florida) Commissioners

U.S. Conference of Mayors Met in Madison

The Race Between Population Growth and Ingenuity: Henry George's Early Perspective

Philadelphia Mayor Bows to Council on Wage Tax Cut

Society at the Crossroads

Benjamin J. Russell, 1909-2002

Environmental Tax Shifters Hear Geonomists

Green Taxes for Green Goals

The Rise and Fall of Housing's Favored Investment Status

March 2002 UN Summit Conference in Mexico

Ontario is Site of August 2002 Conference

From Income to Rents As the Funding Source for a Social Salary

Briefs

Cansee Policy Panel Includes Geonomist

Reprints of recently published Letters to the Editor

Obituaries

New CD-ROM on the Legacy and Works of Henry George

Principles of Sound Tax Theory

LICENSES TO STEAL ARE EXPENSIVE - Speculation in Commercial Radio Broadcast Privileges in the United States

LVT Enablement Bill for Fairfax, VA Signed by Gov. Warner

Hearing Held on Proposed Philadelphia Tax Reform

Philadelphia Forum Held January 30

Philadelphia Controller Proposes Land Value Tax

Hartzok Addresses Henry George Foundation

The Law of Unforeseen Consequences

How Sharing Earth Brought Peace

Earth Charter Summit

Jack Shwartzman, 1912-2001

Hartzok to Feature at Ramapo

Georgist Conference to be in Ontario in 2002

"Sabre-tage" in Pittsburgh

Thoughts on Terrorism and Land Value Taxation

Can a City Raise Needed Public Revenue and Stimulate Its Economy at the Same Time?

Navigating the Crosscurrents of America

Conference Attenders Welcomed by Washington, PA Former Mayor

Sharing Natural Rents to Sustain Human Society

Some Ideas We Can Bank On

Arden and Its Legacy

Georgist Mayors

The Great Adventure

Candidate Hartzok Made Good Showing for Green Party in Pennsylvania

Should Bankers Care About How Real Estate is Taxed?

Who Owns America?

Property Taxation and the Concentration of Farm Land Ownership

Organic Production and a Vital Rural Economy

Making Land More Taxable Could Reduce Property Taxes for Philadelphia Owners

Irrationally Indiscriminate Tax

Write On -- Recent Letters and Excerpts

An Open Letter to the Mayors of Cities and Towns in the United States

An Address on Land Value Taxation to Encourage Affordable Housing

A BETTER WAY -- Land Value Taxation Explained by the former Mayor of Southfield, Michigan

HARTZOK ACCEPTS GREEN PARTY NONIMATION FOR THE 9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE PASSED TWO-RATE BILL

Urban Agriculture

Write On -- Letters and Excerpts

Global Regionalism

Jubilee 2000: Is It Really Biblical?

More from 'Write On'

Understanding The World Trade Organization

Securing Land for People, Not for Profit

Review of 'Who Owns America?'

Review of 'The Gates of the Alamo'

Nicaragua's Instituto Henry George

A Tax System to Reactivate the Argentine Economy

CGO Conference Held in Des Moines, Iowa

A Philadelphia Story

Heartland Conference Featured Ted Gwartney

Ted Gwartney's Speech from Heartland Conference

Booth at Libertarian Convention in California

Booth at NCSL in Chicago

Political Briefs

Site Value Tax Publicized by Nader

United Nations Millennium Forum

Land Market Dynamics Lost to Housing Analysts



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