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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
Several new opportunities were just created for land value tax (LVT) in Virginia. Earlier this week, the General Assembly passed HB 282, which allows four more cities to voluntarily adopt a split-rate land value tax. After Governor Spanberger signs the bill into law (which passed… Read More »Virginia takes four more steps towards LVT
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
In the United States, the machinery of government usually faces substantial inertia to any major change. Democrats and Republicans have long kept the core spending and revenue model from administration to administration, even as they changed some social and fiscal priorities. The last election, however,… Read More »Henry George Warned Us: Protectionism Breeds Conflict
I could sense something was wrong the moment Lourdes spoke into her phone. We’d met through our shared affinity for community empowerment and local advocacy; the urgency in her voice signaled a deep crisis. I listened as my neighbor from Playa de Ponce detailed her… Read More »When the Taxman Comes for the Doghouse: Property Taxes, Sweat Equity, and Dispossession in Puerto Rico
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 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
Cities need tools that work. Land-value taxation is one of them—and states are finally opening the door. For nearly five years I worked in community development in Memphis, TN. At the Memphis Medical District Collaborative (MMDC), our team helped catalyze more than $500 million in… Read More »Tax Land. Make Love.
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
Denver is navigating a critical moment in housing and tax policy. Like many cities, the post-COVID period has seen widespread commercial & retail vacancies, rapidly-rising property values, and mounting pressure to build more housing. Because land value tax (LVT) can help solve all of these… Read More »Building Momentum for Land Value Tax in Colorado: An update from Denver
