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Public Benefits and Private Profits: Negotiating Public Private Land Development and Equity in New Taipei City and New York City

by Dr. Mi Shih and Dr. Kathe Newman

Not An Easy Task: Using Private Profits to Pay for Public Benefits Planners and municipalities around the globe have designed and used zoning and density regulatory tools to intensify land development and increase land value. We call this global trend the treatment of land as… Read More »Public Benefits and Private Profits: Negotiating Public Private Land Development and Equity in New Taipei City and New York City

Blackout Rage to Blueprint for Action

by David Southgate

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

Modeling Land Values in Baltimore

by Dr. Chester Harvey

Implementing a land value tax (LVT) would require accurate and efficient assessments of land value across all properties in a city. Colleagues from the National Center for Smart Growth, Center for Open Geographical Science, and I investigated the potential to estimate land value using a… Read More »Modeling Land Values in Baltimore

Land value return is needed, pragmatic, achievable — and winning

by Stephen Hoskins

Video and transcript from our latest LVT Landscape LIVE On June 3rd, 2026, the Center for Land Economics and the Progress and Poverty Institute teamed up again for the latest in our “LVT Landscape LIVE” series, where we update the community on what’s happening nationwide… Read More »Land value return is needed, pragmatic, achievable — and winning

An Unsung Georgist Hero of the First Red Scare

by Matthew Downhour

Most Americans associate the Red Scare with historical events like the Hollywood Blacklist, House Unamerican Activities Committee, and the televised McCarthy hearings. What they may not know is that this was actually the second instance in which fear of radicals led to massive Federal law… Read More »An Unsung Georgist Hero of the First Red Scare

The Deadly Cost of Darkness: Taking Control of La Playa’s Energy Future

by David Southgate

After Hurricane María, Puerto Rico’s prolonged power outages revealed a stark reality: when electricity fails, people die. In this blog, David Southgate examines the public health consequences of the island’s fragile electric grid and the disproportionate burden it places on vulnerable communities like Playa de… Read More »The Deadly Cost of Darkness: Taking Control of La Playa’s Energy Future

Bringing Henry George to Frederick, MD

by Josie F

In my role as Executive Director of the Progress and Poverty Institute I get to travel a fair amount and talk to all kinds of people about Henry George’s ideas, in particular, the Land Value Tax (LVT). Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking at… Read More »Bringing Henry George to Frederick, MD

LVT at the NTA: Academia is Giving George His Dues

by Josie F

In my role as Executive Director of the Progress and Poverty Institute I have the privilege of attending conferences and professional convenings in a variety of subjects including, of course, tax policy. Among these, the National Tax Association’s annual conferences and spring symposia are always… Read More »LVT at the NTA: Academia is Giving George His Dues

Henry George in the 21st Century

by Daniel Harris

Henry George may have lived in the 19th century, but his ideas still resonate today. On October 24th, the Progress and Poverty Institute and the Henry George Foundation of Canada co-hosted an event – “Henry George in the 21st Century” – that brought together both organization’s… Read More »Henry George in the 21st Century

Rethinking Growth in the Desert: How Water Scarcity Is Reshaping the Future of Phoenix

by Hallie Eakin & Vanessa Lueck

Motivation In what ways are environmental stressors re-shaping relationships among urban actors, and what are the implications for disrupting conventional patterns of urban growth? Climatic extremes and associated disasters are increasingly shaping the future of urban development in the United States. In Central Arizona, now… Read More »Rethinking Growth in the Desert: How Water Scarcity Is Reshaping the Future of Phoenix