Dec 20, 2022 | Articles, Groundswell
JAMES HANSEN MEETS HENRY GEORGE Like many others, I feel that some sort of economic and/or ecological collapse is coming. What will it be like? What would we have to do to avoid it it? I’ve tried to imagine ways we might avoid or at least, mitigate it....
Dec 17, 2022 | Articles, Groundswell
The economic reforms Henry George popularized in the late 1800’s, known as “Georgism,” are enjoying an upsurge of interest, exhibited in a proliferation of both online groups (Facebook, Reddit) and on-the-ground schools, non-profits, and think tanks, like the...
Dec 12, 2022 | Groundswell
The new A.I. application ChatGPT can be queried in natural language and will return an answer, usually in a few seconds. Here is how it responded on Land Value Taxation: What are the benefits of land value taxation? Land value taxation is a type of tax that is based...
Nov 25, 2022 | Articles, Research
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article (behind a paywall) entitled “Housing Shortage Reflects the Cheap Cost of Holding Vacant Land.” As the subheading says “High taxes on buildings and low taxes on land discourage landowners from...
Nov 13, 2022 | Groundswell
Strong Towns, through its consulting arm: Urban3, analyzed dozens of cities and proved that car-centric towns and suburbs are a net drain on local revenues. Downtowns that are walkable, or even better, use mass transit, generate vastly more revenue, every time. Urban3...
