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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

The Government Declares War on Buttocks

Economic Forecast 2008

Candidates Seek Small Change

The Origins of Evil

The Gaffney Quantum Leap Effect

Freddie's Big Loss

Legal Tender and Illegal Toughness

Pandemonium in Pakistan

Rangel's Mangled Tax Tangle

America drifts closer to fascism

Design Mechanisms for Democracy, Prosperity, and Liberty

The "Gore Tax"

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