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

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Land Value Tax · 8 min read · Apr 2

A German State Quietly Implemented a Land Value Tax

In Baden-Württemberg, a quiet reform shows land value taxation isn’t just theory—it’s already happening.

Greg Miller
Land Value Tax · 34 min read · Feb 24

Decades of Wisdom from an LVT Advocate: Josh Vincent

An interview with Josh Vincent, who has been successfully advancing Land Value Tax shifts in cities across Pennsylvania for decades and getting cities to think larger about the role of land.

Greg Miller
Land Value Tax · 20 min read · Jul 31

The curious case of Qingdao, China's land value tax

What we can learn from a German colony's LVT experiment

Lars Doucet
Country Case Studies · 10 min read · Apr 18

Singapore: Economic Prosperity through Innovative Land Policy

A Georgist Success Story

Stephen Hoskins
Country Case Studies · 11 min read · Apr 5

Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund

A Georgist Success Story

Lars Doucet
Economics · 6 min read · Jan 20

German State to Recover Society's Land Value

The bigger the benefit, the bigger the battle to win it, yet a German state did take the first step toward an economy for all.

Jeffery J. Smith
Economics · 9 min read · Jan 21

Exporting the Alaska Model

In recognition of every Alaskan’s share of the ownership of the state’s oil reserves, every year, every Alaskan gets a dividend from the returns of the Alaska Permanent Fund.

Karl Widerquist, Ph.D.
Economics · 20 min read · Oct 6

Where A Tax Reform Has Worked

28 geonomic case summaries

Jeffery J. Smith
Economics · 4 min read · May 6

The German Land Policy Success and Failure

The landed aristocracy of Prussia was unable to borrow funds for reconstruction. Cooperative mortgage credit associations were created to deal with the crisis.

Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economics · 2 min read · Oct 6

Norway's Resource Rent Sharing Fund Reaches 1 Trillion USD

The Fund was established only 20 years ago as a means for Norway to store and invest the oil and gas revenues in a responsible manner for the benefit of future generations.

Lawrence Bosek