Fred E. Foldvary
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Fred Emanuel Foldvary (born May 11, 1946) is a lecturer in economics at Santa Clara University, California, and a research fellow at The Independent Institute. He is also a commentator and senior editor for the online journal "The Progress Report" and an associate editor of the online journal Econ Journal Watch. He lives with his wife in Berkeley, California.
In his PhD dissertation (George Mason University, 1992), "Public Goods and Private Communities", he applied the theory of Public goods and Industrial organization to refute the concept of market failure, including case studies of several types of private communities. His research interests include "ethical philosophy", governance, land economics and public finance.
His support of Georgist economics, along with his advocacy of civil liberties and free markets has gained him a place of high visibility in the geolibertarian movement. [1] In 2000, he ran for Congress in California's 9th District as a Libertarian. [2]
The topics that Foldvary has written on include ending slavery in chocolate plantations, a green tax shift that protects the environment while enhancing the economy, reforming democracy with small-group voting, and solving territorial conflict with confederations and the payment of rent for occupied land. The three basic themes of Foldvary's writing are the universal ethic, cellular democracy, and public revenue from land rent.
[edit] Books
- The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How Technology Affects Old Policy Issues (ed., with Daniel Klein, 2003)
- Dictionary of Free Market Economics (1998)
- Public Goods and Private Communities (1994)
- Beyond Neoclassical Economics (1996)
- The Soul of Liberty (1980)
[edit] References
- Research Fellow, Fred E. Foldvary
- Curriculum Vitae, Fred E. Foldvary
- Fred E. Foldvary, Biographical Sketch
- Chocolate Worker Slavery
