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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

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100 articles on the history and future of progress.

The 18-Year Pattern Predicting 2027's Market Crash

Sharing the Value of Land: The Promise of Land-Use Rights

Resolving San Francisco’s Class Warfare

The Pre-Existing Land Value Problem

The Depression of 2026

How Well Can One Know Another? Even Oneself?

Fannie & Freddie Get Bailed Out Again

The Copenhagen Conference a Victory for Polluters

Can the U.S. Constitution Force Americans to Have Medical Insurance?

Negotiate to End War

What Policy Makers and Opinion Formers Should Know

What's the Best Way to Save Energy?

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