Those who went before must not have labored in vain; we honor economia’s trailblazers.

Land is a factor when there are abundant workers chasing scarce jobs being made more scarce by advancing technology while those who have jobs are hanging on to them for dear life.

Hear that call? Officially calculating the worth of Earth in America is way past due.

The drive toward a basic income isn’t new. It’s a 100-year-old movement that has gotten stronger each time inequality has returned to the public discussion.

It’s not just another pretty fact; Earth’s worth is really something special.

Most of today’s ‘wealth’ isn’t the result of entrepreneurialism and hard work – it has been accumulated by being idle and unproductive.

Americans remain unaware of the worth of Earth in America. Who’d ever favor not knowing Earth’s worth?

Officials do post a number for the worth of Earth in America. It’s so tiny. That’s the best Earth’s biggest economy can do?

As fewer can afford a home, might they nudge the experts to tally up what everyone pays to live where they love?

Sprawling development degrades human communities, worsens the decline of urban centers, and places ever-greater stresses on the environment.

Right under our collective nose is a way to divine economic performance—we just need to do some accounting first.

On Publicizing Public Land Records. (Final excerpt)

Farmland assessment: Amenity values, expected rising cash flows, tax shelter values, mineral rights, and entitlement values.

Major biases in land assessment: Radio spectrum, rights of way, and severed property.

Major biases in land assessment: Tax exempt land, minerals, and water.

Major biases in land assessment: Slow-turning classes of property, different assessment methods, and preferential assessment.

Major biases in land assessment: Regressive assessment and raw land.

The many important functions and implications of land data: Forecasting from past cycles, finding the real interest rate, assessment discrimination, and planning public works.

The many important functions and implications of land data: Land as a credit base, raising consciousness of latent values, and protecting federal revenues.

The many important functions and implications of land data: concentrated holding and property taxation.