Henry George, Land Speculation, and Economic Growth (Oxford Review, 2025)
A 2025 survey in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy assessing the contemporary relevance of Henry George's ideas to growth and land speculation.
Summary
This 2025 article in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy is a recent, mainstream survey of Henry George's relevance to modern economics — a marker of Georgism's renewed academic standing.
Significance
Appearing in a flagship policy journal, the survey reviews the modern evidence connecting land speculation, land rent, and economic growth/transformation, situating George's 19th-century analysis within current research on housing, inequality, and productivity. Its publication signals that land-value questions — long marginalised (see Gaffney's "stratagem") — are back in the mainstream conversation, alongside Rognlie, Bonnet et al., and the IMF work catalogued here.
Bears On
- People: Henry George
- Concept: 18-Year Land Cycle
Sources
- "Henry George, land speculation, and economic growth and transformation" (2025), Oxford Review of Economic Policy 41(2):326. Article