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Ideologies / Georgism / Mason Gaffney
Mason Gaffney — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1923–2020 · United States · Economist

Mason Gaffney

The corruption of economics

Kept Georgist economics alive.

Heterodox Georgism →
Economic+24
SocialistMarket
Governance−46
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+30
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The economist who carried Georgist land-value theory through the 20th century, arguing that taxing land rent is both the most efficient and the most just form of public finance.

social

Reform-minded progressive economist.

economic

Land-value capture as the efficient, just basis of public finance.

governance

Markets freed by shifting taxes off work and onto land.

Notable for
  • 'The Corruption of Economics'
  • Modern Georgist economics
  • Land-value-tax scholarship
land-value-taxpublic-financeefficiency
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