Land and Freedom
The philosophical case for treating land as a common inheritance. Why land monopoly is wrong, where natural rights to land come from, and what justice demands. A 10-essay path from first principles to political program.
Every path here is a numbered reading list — about 10 essays in the order an editor would hand you. Most take an evening; the longer ones will take a weekend. Pick the question that hooks you.
The philosophical case for treating land as a common inheritance. Why land monopoly is wrong, where natural rights to land come from, and what justice demands. A 10-essay path from first principles to political program.
Sharing the rents back to the people. UBI, citizens dividends, sovereign wealth funds, the Alaska Permanent Fund. A 10-essay path on the distribution side of Georgist economics.
Land economics through an ecological lens. Climate, commons, biodiversity, resource depletion. How Georgist principles align with environmental policy.
Where has Georgist policy actually been tried? Germany, Singapore, Norway, Pittsburgh, Vancouver, Qingdao, South Africa. Real-world implementations and what we learned.
Who was Henry George, what did he write, and what's the modern Georgist revival? From Progress and Poverty (1879) to the 1890 platform, Fred Foldvary, and today's resurgence.
The philosophical case for treating land as a common inheritance. Why land monopoly is wrong, where natural rights to land come from, and what justice demands. A 10-essay path from first principles to political program.
How Land Value Tax works, why classical economists from Adam Smith to Henry George considered it the ideal tax, and how to implement it. A 10-essay path from theory to advocacy.
Natural rights, classical liberalism, the philosophy of property. From Locke and Paine through to modern thinkers, the philosophical case for treating land differently from labor and capital.
The 18-year property cycle. How land speculation drives boom and bust, why we keep repeating the pattern, and what it means for investors and policy. The Fred Harrison / Phil Anderson school.
What is economic rent? Where does unearned income come from, and why is it distinct from wages and interest on capital? A 10-essay introduction to the central concept in Georgist economics — from Adam Smith and David Ricardo through Henry George to the modern day.