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Basic Income and Citizens Dividend

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.

Environment and Land

Land economics through an ecological lens. Climate, commons, biodiversity, resource depletion. How Georgist principles align with environmental policy.

Georgism in Practice

Where has Georgist policy actually been tried? Germany, Singapore, Norway, Pittsburgh, Vancouver, Qingdao, South Africa. Real-world implementations and what we learned.

Henry George and the Movement

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.

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.

Land Value Tax

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.

Political Philosophy

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.

Real Estate Cycles

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.

Technology flows into land value

Automation, digital platforms, and AI concentrate gains in land and scarce assets. Five essays on how technology reshapes who captures progress — and what to do about it.

Understanding Unearned Income

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.

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