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The Privatization of the Moon is Coming
Entry into commercial space travel could bring reduction in environmental damage costs, find new resources and unlimited related applications; productivity gains for next boom.
September 9, 2016
Callum Newman
Economic Consultant
Replace Minimum Wages with the Earned Income Tax Credit
Minimum wage laws have a superficial appeal, but are much less effective than the earned income tax credit.
August 21, 2016
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
The Conservation of the Laws of Science
Economics, like other sciences, does not change. The principles of prosperity are eternal.
July 31, 2016
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
A Guide to the Economically Perplexed
People are puzzled by economic failure, but basic economics guides us to remedies.
July 24, 2016
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Critics Want Other Stats: Why Not Rents?
There are successful groups using stats, churning out stats, and demanding better official stats. May their voices join ours.
July 18, 2016
Jeffery J. Smith
Activist
Earned Income and Unearned Income
Taxes distinguish between earned and unearned income, but tax definitions are different from economic meanings.
July 17, 2016
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Defend the Alamo, Damn the Torpedoes, Mix the Metaphors
The quest to know the worth of Earth takes a rocky road with detours but we’re on it for the long haul.
July 16, 2016
Jeffery J. Smith
Activist
Unfinished Business
Until somebody measures the worth of Earth, many other issues must remain unresolved.
July 13, 2016
Jeffery J. Smith
Activist
All Creek, No Paddle
Is this the end of the line? Are there no more strategies for learning the worth of Earth? Has every stone been turned over?
July 9, 2016
Jeffery J. Smith
Activist
Principles of an Optimal Tax Policy
The principles of a good tax system point to land value taxation as optimal
June 26, 2016
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Review of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins
Conspiracy arguments are always suspect, since they typically have plausibility but no compelling proof.
June 18, 2016
H. William Batt, Ph.D.
Economist
A New Model of the Economy, by Brian Hodgkinson
A New Model of the Economy presents a rational and clear theory of economic prosperity. I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to gain an in-depth understanding of economics.
June 10, 2016
Martin Adams
Author, Educator
Land-Value Tax and the Timing of Development
Some environmentalists think that land-value taxation promotes too much development, but in fact LVT promotes an efficient use of land.
May 29, 2016
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Land Rent as a Tax
The taxes we pay can include some of the rent.
May 22, 2016
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Where Does Rent Come From?
Contrary to popular thought, the surplus of production is not wages or profits, but land rent.
May 1, 2016
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Could a 137 Year-Old Equation Explain the Financial Collapse?
These days, only First Peoples hold to ‘outdated’ traditions: That land should be rented, not sold. We know better now, or so we think.
April 19, 2016
Bryan Kavanagh
Real Estate Professional
Land Worth = More than Enough
There is enough for all of us. But will we look in the right places?
March 29, 2016
Scott Baker
Author
The Multiplier Myth
Economic growth depends on real investment, not more spending.
March 20, 2016
Fred Foldvary, Ph.D.
Economist
Activism Goes Easier With Volunteers
Helping shift the paradigm, it happens faster—and feels good.
March 11, 2016
Jeffery J. Smith
Activist
Gets an A for Apolitical?
You want your information straight up, not massaged by the messengers POV.
March 10, 2016
Jeffery J. Smith
Activist
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