Writing on land
Weekly writing on our blog, a deep-dive series on how property is valued, and the core case for why land matters.
Progress and Poverty
Our blog on Substack, published with the Progress and Poverty Institute: weekly commentary, news and analysis on land, housing and political economy.
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From Progress and Poverty, our blog on land, housing and political economy.
October 13, 2026
Is land supply fixed? Part 2: A parable of pencils and parcels
How do sales and holding taxes affect the amount of something offered for sale?
October 7, 2026
Is land supply fixed? Part 1: The Netherlands and land reclamation
Making new land, plus a parable of pencils and parcels.
September 29, 2026
Welcoming Jeff Fong
Center for Land Economics brings on a Head of Policy and Partnerships
September 24, 2026
Does Georgism Work? Five Years Later
The long-awaited follow up to my guest post series at Astral Codex Ten
September 17, 2026
How Texas’s "Secret Tax" Hurts Taxpayers
The unintended consequences of real estate non-disclosure
September 3, 2026
Why do people hold vacant land out of use?
There are two things we like to point out here at the Center for Land Economics: the most valuable land is concentrated in city centers, and these are precisely the areas where land is being held out of use, as surface…
Mass Appraisal for the Masses
A 6-part series by Lars Doucet on how property gets valued, how to tell whether assessments are fair, and how land can be valued separately from buildings.
Read the series →The value of land returned to the community that makes it valuable.
How land speculation drives unaffordability, and the two ways to return land value to the public: lease the land, or tax it.