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Ideologies / Georgism / Fred Foldvary
Fred Foldvary — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1946–2021 · United States · Economist

Fred Foldvary

Public goods, private cities

Land rent funds community, voluntarily.

Heterodox Georgism →
Economic+26
SocialistMarket
Governance−52
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+35
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The economist who fused Georgism with libertarianism — 'geo-libertarianism' — showing how land rent could fund public goods through voluntary, contractual communities. He also predicted the 2008 crash from real-estate cycles.

social

Liberal individualist reformer.

economic

Land-value funding of public goods via voluntary communities.

governance

Minimal coercion; 'geo-libertarian' private governance.

Notable for
  • Geo-libertarian theory
  • Predicted the 2008 crash
  • Land-rent public finance
geo-libertarianismland-rentpublic-goods
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