by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jan 12, 2023 | foldvary, georgism, pollution, stewardship
The social cost of the tax that pays for the subsidy is greater than the gain to the buyers, because the extra buyers are able to to buy it at less than the market price. A subsidy lets people buy stuff below the price that would be set in a market. In a free market,...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Dec 13, 2022 | georgism
It is encouraging to see there is a growing awareness of the commons. This is partly through good historical research and partly through the pressing question of global warming. Research has shown how the commons have been eroded through land enclosure driving...
by margaret | Sep 8, 2022 | foldvary, georgism
Libertarianism is the ethical proposition that all and only coercive harm is evil. Geoism (also called “Georgism” after Henry George) is the proposition that the rent of land should be either shared equally or used for public revenue. Geo-libertarianism combines these...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Oct 18, 2021 | anarchism, georgism
https://www.reddit.com/r/georgism/comments/qaf39r/how_would_geomutualism_work_in_practice_is_it/ I feel like this poster doesn’t understand what capitalism or socialism are. If by capitalism and socialism, it means neo-liberal capitalism and state...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Sep 22, 2021 | anarchism, economics, georgism
Implement the universal ethic into the constitution, so that there be no restriction or imposed cost on acts which do not coercively harm others. Replace existing taxes with public revenue from user fees, pollution charges, and land value. Replace mass democracy with...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Sep 22, 2021 | georgism
Fred Folvary Introduction Conventional macroeconomics lacks a warranted explanation of the major business cycle, while the Austrian and geo-economic (Georgist) schools have incomplete theories. A geo-Austrian synthesis, in contrast, provides a potent theory consistent...
