Reed Schwartz

LVT endorsement from @repbillfoster.bsky.social: "One way to encourage [housing density] is with a land value tax... We could structure the federal tax code to encourage a land value-based tax"

How a 1940 electoral system reform in Cambridge made its 2025 housing breakthrough possible   - CommonWealth Beacon This is more than just a housing “win.” It’s a triumph for Cambridge’s unique brand of representative democracy—one that balances citywide priorities with fair representation for diverse communities.

My colleagues @awjustus.bsky.social and @aarmlovi.bsky.social have a new article out connecting electoral design to local housing politics. They show how proportional representation in Cambridge has sidestepped the pitfalls of both district based and traditional first-past-the-post councils

what is the contradiction if they are anti taxes on development and pro taxes on land (both to reduce speculation and to replace taxes on improvements), in both cases with the aim of increasing supply?

@benmayne.bsky.social is reading it correctly here

Calvinist work ethic

Sam Altman’s promotion of Henry George’s land tax reflects a surprising revival of Georgism in Silicon Valley. Our essay of the week traces how anti-statist thinkers reappropriated George’s critique of rentier capitalism.

By @reed-schwartz.bsky.social in @asteriskmag.bsky.social

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Henry George for New York City Location, location, location

There may be only one policy proposal that @maxspeak.bsky.social and Mike Duggan (and I!) agree on -- a land value tax.

Henry George for New York City open.substack.com/pub/sawicky/...

@asteriskmag.bsky.social

The Georgist Roots of American Libertarianism—Asterisk Few thinkers have been championed by such a wide range of political coalitions, from American Progressives to Taiwanese anti-communists, early zionists to the global Green Party. So how did American l...

I wrote for Asterisk Magazine about the *other* outsider politician who unites Silicon Valley billionaires, Zionists, and the American Right: Henry George.
asteriskmag.com/issues/10/th...

Jane Jacobs on her research process: "I picture myself as a caterpillar munching, munching, munching, munching away in a forest, digesting all kinds of leaves, and in the process being informed of what's there."