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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 Burma Slaves

Indigenous Rights

Abolish All Copyright!

To Confront a Bubble

Spreading But Not Eliminating Risk

Henry Plottre and The Bridge of Supreme Choice

Henry Plottre and the Democratic Candidates' Search for Magic

Carbon Credits: False Absolution

Green Tax Cuts

Independence for Kosovo

Florida Going Tax-Backwards

Russia's North-Pole Land Grab

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