International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 36 Issue 4

The hidden taxable capacity of land: enough and to spare

A tax based on land value is in many ways ideal, but many economists dismiss it by assuming it could not raise enough revenue. Standard sources of data omit much of the potential…

George, Wicksell and Gaffney: a three‐factor model of the boom and bust cycle

The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast three‐factor models of boom and bust from Henry George, Knut Wicksell and Mason Gaffney.

Benjamin Franklin's principles of political economy: a speculative inquiry

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which Benjamin Franklin's understanding of political economy was shaped by his association with the French school of writers…

Justice and Mr George: What Henry George knew, what the neoclassicists forgot, and why it matters

Henry George was acclaimed by the general public and disdained by the professional economists, largely for the same reasons. For the general public, progress, and poverty seemed…

Henry George, John Rae, and the theory of capital in a rapidly transforming economy

The purpose of this paper is to establish a historical context for the often maligned capital theory of Henry George within a North American frontier tradition that includes John…

World‐ownership, self‐ownership, and equality in Georgist philosophy

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the accounts of self‐ and world‐ownership in the social philosophy of Henry George, and a Georgist social theorist Nicolaus Tideman.

The case for geoliberalism: a reply to Moellendorf

The purpose of this paper is to explain the virtues (despite Moellendorf's criticisms) of the geoliberal framework of social justice, which assumes that people have rights to…

An address over Radio WEVD, New York, NY, April 28, 1933, 8.45 p.m.

Henry George as social economist and radical reformer