I talked with @birdyword.bsky.social about his excellent book "The Land Trap: A New History of the World's Oldest Asset." We covered the Chinese real estate bubble, Singapore's escape from the trap, and the age-old question: would a land value tax solve this?

I'm in the Sun Sentinel, making the case that DeSantis's tax cuts are insufficiently conservative.

www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/09/a...

Conference on Henry George and Georgism at Wharton in May: philevents.org/event/show/1...

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"

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

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

buff.ly/qBLC9vR

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/...

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."