We can have one without the other
During Hurricane Maria’s prolonged Puerto Rico blackout, one mayor created his own impromptu electric brigade to light up his town. He called it the Pepino Power Authority (PPA). The PPA was a middle finger to a failing centralized grid. Fed up with the inaction, San… Read More »Blackout Rage to Blueprint for Action
As the academic year wraps up, the Progress and Poverty Institute is grateful to recognize the five student interns who worked with us in 2025–2026. Their research, analysis, and policy chops have been essential to our work! Emily Evers is a dual master’s candidate in… Read More »2025-2026 Progress and Poverty Institute Interns
Visitors to Puerto Rico’s south coast inevitably come across the PR-127 former petrochemical corridor, among the world’s largest petroleum complexes in the 1960s. Commonly referred to as La CORCO—a name derived from the anchor industry, the Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, the zone encompasses approximately 3,500… Read More »Progress, Poverty, and Petroleum: Reclaiming the Common Inheritance of the World’s Largest Petrochemical Zone
Local governments play a central role in the everyday lives of Americans. They provide a broad range of public services—from K–12 education and fire protection to emergency medical response, utilities, water conservation, policing, and even mosquito abatement (yes, there really is a South Cook County… Read More »Overlapping Jurisdictions and the Provision of Local Public Goods in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
The evolving landscape of civil planning and community engagement is witnessing a paradigm shift, particularly through the innovative use of blockchain technology. Community_inPUT, an ambitious pilot study, stands at the forefront of this revolution by leveraging blockchain to transform civic planning processes. The implementation of… Read More »Revolutionizing Civic Planning: Community_inPUT – A Blockchain-Powered Pilot Study
The digital landscape is evolving rapidly, and with it, emerging technologies like Web3 are redefining the way we interact with and plan for our communities. At the heart of this evolution lies the concept of a decentralized internet—a Web3 technology—that operates on a network free… Read More »Exploring Web3 Technologies in Urban Planning: A Paradigm Shift Towards Decentralization and Engagement
The Industrial Revolution transformed America and Europe. In just a century, an economy long powered by wind, water, and muscle became supercharged by steam, coal, and electricity. Canals, railroads, steamships and the telegraph were linking regional economies into a national and global network of exchange.… Read More »Can there be progress without poverty in the 21st century?
In this third installment of our blog series on Green Georgism we delve into the world of ecological tax reform, exploring the fusion of ecotaxes and green incentives to promote sustainable development. Ecotaxes, or green taxes, impose levies on activities with harmful environmental impacts, while… Read More »The Principles and Policies of Green Georgism: LVT, Carbon Tax, Ecotax reform
Building upon the foundation laid in our first blog, “Green Georgism: Environmentalism through the eyes of Resource Justice,” our second piece delves deeper into the connections between Henry George’s ideas and key perspectives from the past century of environmentalism. This blog explores how Georgism dovetails… Read More »Georgism has always been Green: a tale of two movements
Our world is facing an ever-escalating array of environmental challenges. From the alarming rise in global temperatures and the subsequent impacts of climate change, including extreme weather events and shrinking ice caps, to the devastating consequences of deforestation, habitat loss, and species extinction, our planet… Read More »Green Georgism: Environmentalism through the eyes of Resource Justice
