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Featured Economics · 15 min read · May 16

The 18-Year Pattern Predicting 2027's Market Crash

Land rises 14 years, falls 4 — and has for 200 years. The cause is rising land prices becoming unsustainable for productive economic activity. The remedy has been known since 1879.

By Floyd Marinescu

The 18-Year Pattern Predicting 2027's Market Crash

Economics 5 MIN

100 articles on the history and future of progress.

The 18-Year Pattern Predicting 2027's Market Crash

Review of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins

American Wealth and Real Estate

In the Belly of the Fed

A New Model of the Economy, by Brian Hodgkinson

Privilege versus Detriment

Ruffling More Than Feathers

Land-Value Tax and the Timing of Development

The Sales Tax: History of Its Fallen Champions

Land Rent as a Tax

Apparel in Peril

Is a Sales Tax Voluntary?

Where Does Rent Come From?

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