Noah Smith on Georgism

Summary

Noah Smith, the economist and widely-read blogger (Noahpinion), has written several influential pieces advancing land value taxation to a mainstream economics-literate audience.

Key Pieces

• "A Misguided Attack on Land Value Taxes" (2015) defends LVT against common objections, walking through the efficiency and incidence arguments.
• "How to Sell Georgism to the Middle Class" addresses the political economy of adoption — proposing framings (like social wealth funds and citizen's dividends) that could make LVT politically viable rather than merely correct.

Smith's engagement matters because he writes for a broad, influential readership and approaches LVT as a pragmatic reformer rather than a movement insider.

Sources

1. Noah Smith (2015), "A Misguided Attack on Land Value Taxes," Noahpinion — used for a mainstream economics-commentator defense of LVT against common objections. Article
2. Noah Smith, "How to Sell Georgism to the Middle Class," Noahpinion — used for the framing/communication argument (an opinion source, cited as its author's view). Article