Works by Fred Harrison

Fred Harrison is Executive Director of the Land Research Trust in London. During 1990s he was advisor to a number of Russian academic and political bodies, including the Russian parliament, in their efforts to implement a more equitable transition to a market economy. He has now turned his attention to the failure of economic analysis and public policies in the market economies. His latest books include Boom Bust and Wheels of Fortune. In addition to these on-line articles, some works by Fred Harrison are available for purchase from our Bookstore.

Hubble Bubble, Toil & Trouble The role of house prices in the economy is still contested by policy-makers. No such disagreement exists among home-owners, however. PDF

The Land Monopoly Game FRIEDRICH HAYEK (1899-1992) was a Nobel prize-winner who represented the Austrian school of free market economics. He achieved world fame as the author of The Road to Serfdom (1944), a critique of the command economy, which he followed with the monumental The Constitution of Liberty (1960). At the Press conference to launch his Law, Legislation and Liberty (1979) Harrison had the opportunity to question Hayek about the concept of land monopoly and the implications for freedom. PDF

The Silver Bullet
There’s Only One Way to Kill Poverty

Face it: The world is no closer to consigning poverty to history. Why is there still poverty——from whole countries of the poor south, to the back streets, slums and trailer parks of the rich West? The good intentions, the money, the rhetoric, the pity and the media histrionics are but pinpricks to a world-rampaging monster. They say there is no silver bullet.

Fred Harrison asks, Doesn’t every citizen of the world have an equal right to the good life? With so much wealth in the world, why are so many of us so poor, when we could rid ourselves of this monster? And the fact is, there is only one way to kill poverty… PDF
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Wheels of Fortune If the United States had followed the example set by one of its mayors a century ago, it might not now be saddled with a $1.6 trillion challenge. PDF

 

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    "Even a Henry George style single-tax would seem preferable to trying to impute income to people as a result of asset fluctuations."

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  • Tax England’s green and pleasant land

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    “Roads are made, streets are made . . electric light turns night into day. . . To not one of those improvements does the land monopolist. . . contribute, and yet by every one of them the value of his land is enhanced. . . ” more

  • Congressional earmarks sometimes used to fund projects near lawmakers’ properties

    By David S. Fallis, Scott Higham and Kimberly Kindy, Published: February 6

    A U.S. senator from Alabama directed more than $100 million in federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa near his own commercial office building.

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  • IFS (Institute for Fiscal Studies) backs land value tax

    Thursday 2 February 2012 The idea is to cut income and business taxes while introducing a land value tax to end our obsession with property and to encourage paid work. There is a mania for investing in unproductive property as a way to boost living standards.

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  • Short debate: A Land Value Tax for Wales?

    ‘Land value tax’ would be fairer, says Mark Drakeford AM by David Williamson, Wales Online Feb 3 2012

    Welsh Labour AM Mark Drakeford has given his backing to a “land value tax”.

    The Cardiff West AM’s championing of the tax comes as the Silk Commission investigates giving the Assembly new fiscal powers.

    In an article for the Institute of Welsh Affairs, Mr Drakeford argues land should “should belong to the people” and this would be a progressive tax

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  • China’s skyscraper craze ‘may herald economic crash’

    Guardian UK Wednesday 11 January 2012 Tall-building boom may indicate impending disaster in China and India, claims report by Barclays Capital "Fred Harrison, a Georgist and research director of the Land Research Trust, wrote in his 1997 book The Chaos Makers that "by 2007 Britain and most of the other industrially advanced economies will be in the throes of frenzied activity in the land market … Land prices will be near their 18-year peak … on the verge of the collapse that will presage the global depression of 2010."

  • NEW MOVIE How Land Value Tax would help Wildlife and ensure Its protection. The film is presented by Fred Harrison.

    This interview shows the launch of The Killing Fields, an important new film that explores the relationship between wildlife, land, taxation and law. The film, presented by economist Fred Harrison, documents how the introduction of Land Value Tax would give greater value to wildlife and ensure its protection. The premiere event was hosted Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave and attended by a number of Hollywood stars and leaders of Nature Conservation Charities.
    THE KILLING FIELDS
    The untold story of how landowners are making a financial killing while species are being wiped out in the fields of Britain and Europe and the work of wildlife conservationists is being undermined in a desperate race to prevent the obliteration of ecosystems. Trailer from Carlo Nero on Vimeo.

    THE KILLING FIELDS Trailer from Carlo Nero on Vimeo.

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