This event was held on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, over Zoom. We all want to know “what’s next?” after the pandemic. The right to a roof over our head (and some land upon which to stand) has been especially highlighted by this global crisis. Who better to make sense...
An interview with Fred Harrison discussing his new book We Are Rent: “We continue to privatise the essence of our humanity.” A new moral framework is required to address this subtle form of subsidy for the wealthiest.
Fred Harrison summarises the various studies analysing the role of economic rents and why it is hidden from economic analysis. The interview is conducted by Andy Mazzone (Henry George School of Social Studies) as part of the Smart Talk series....
“The greatest source of redistribution to the rich occurs through the land market, which is usually the largest tangible market in modern economies.”
Philip Soos' latest withering attack on privilege from The Conversation today. Over the last year or so, the Occupy movement has garnered wide attention, with people of all backgrounds gathering to protest the deteriorating social conditions. However, these grievances...
Fred Harrison lecture - pertinent as always.
photo credit: Stuck in Customs On the first anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, this piece sums up the cause to the GFC, as predicted by 5 economists who subscribe to the line of economic thinking we promote: land rent theory. Dirk Bezener, the academic...
Money supply and tax reform