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The launch of the Center for Land Economics Fellowship, PPI's 2026 Progress of Ideas grant, and Henry George Foundation of Great Britain grant.
Feb 10
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Greg Miller
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Stephen Hoskins
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Is Undervalued Vacant Land just a Baltimore problem?
We compared it against every other Maryland county
Feb 12
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Lars Doucet
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The Housing Crisis as a Land Crisis
Why rising housing costs are really about constrained urban land, and what to do about it
Feb 5
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Greg Miller
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No Silver Bullet Solutions to the Werewolf Crisis
Jan 24, 2023
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Lars Doucet
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Book Review: The Land Trap by Mike Bird
Nov 13, 2025
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Lars Doucet
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Singapore: Economic Prosperity through Innovative Land Policy
Apr 18, 2022
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Stephen Hoskins
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So You Want to Abolish Property Taxes
Sep 2, 2025
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Lars Doucet
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Land value tax in online games and virtual worlds: A how-to guide
Jun 6, 2022
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Lars Doucet
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Valuing Land: The Simplest Viable Method
Sep 18, 2025
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Lars Doucet
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Mass Appraisal
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Valuing Land: The Simplest Viable Method
The least we can do to improve land valuation methodology right away
Sep 18, 2025
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Lars Doucet
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OpenAVMKit: a Free and Open Source mass appraisal library
Today we are launching OpenAVMKit, a new free and open source library for real estate mass appraisal.
Aug 13, 2025
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Lars Doucet
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How Georgists Valued land in the 1900's
The lost art of the "Somers System" of land valuation
May 19, 2025
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Lars Doucet
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Mass Appraisal For The Masses: The Basics
How are property tax assessments calculated, and how can we know if they're fair? Let's find out!
Mar 10, 2025
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Lars Doucet
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LVT Landscape
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Landscape 6 – New Year, New Legislative Sessions and Launching the CLE Board
New LVT bills launch in Maryland and New Hampshire, carryover legislation returns in New York and Minnesota, Spokane keeps pushing in Washington—and CLE…
Jan 21
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Greg Miller
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BOOM: LVT Candidates Get Elected - Landscape #5
Mayoral candidates supporting LVT win in Seattle and Buffalo as LVT grows more mainstream.
Nov 17, 2025
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Greg Miller
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Land value return is needed, pragmatic, and achievable
Video/transcript from the latest LVT Landscape LIVE event
Sep 29, 2025
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Lars Doucet
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The Landscape #4: Wins aren’t always legislative, though legislative wins are on the horizon
Maryland assessors will fix chronic undervaluation of land; jurisdictions consider land value taxes. Who will be the first mover?
Aug 20, 2025
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Greg Miller
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The Housing Ladder's Broken Promise
Housing can be affordable, or an investment, but not both.
Jan 29
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Lars Doucet
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Landscape 6 – New Year, New Legislative Sessions and Launching the CLE Board
New LVT bills launch in Maryland and New Hampshire, carryover legislation returns in New York and Minnesota, Spokane keeps pushing in Washington—and CLE…
Jan 21
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Greg Miller
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Return of the Georgists: A conversation with Greg Miller and Lars Doucet
A recording from Greg Miller and Jeff Fong's live video
Jan 14
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Greg Miller
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Jeff Fong
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Lars Doucet
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Will the Housing Market Crash in 2026?
The "18-year land cycle" theory predicts a crash this year. Martin Jacobson evaluates the evidence for it.
Jan 13
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Martin Jacobson
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Georgism through Land Leasing
Municipal Land Leasing is real, effective, and very, very Georgist
Jan 6
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Jeff Fong
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Enacting Land Value Return in your hometown
A how-to guide for local activists
Dec 18, 2025
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Lars Doucet
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Launching CivicMapper: Visualizing Land Values in 3D
A new tool for urban analysis utilizing 3D interactive maps of land and property values
Dec 10, 2025
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Greg Miller
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One Year of Land Value Tax Advocacy
How you can support us on Giving Tuesday
Dec 2, 2025
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Lars Doucet
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Greg Miller
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