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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 4 MIN

100 articles on the history and future of progress.

The 18-Year Pattern Predicting 2027's Market Crash

Why Does Government Promote Home Ownership?

By buying mortgages, the state subsidizes speculators

The Tyrant in the Train

Speculation and the Price of Oil

The Truce and the Noose

Ain't Got No Job

Politicians take care of their own

Must We Subsidize Genetic Flaws?

New York Fed Studies NYC Land Values

Save Energy, Get Punished

GDP First Quarter 2008

Should Hate Speech be Banned?

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