Executive Summary
Progress.org is the publication platform of the Henry George School of Social Science. It hosts multiple Fred Foldvary articles (including his retrospective analysis of the 2008 depression), Mason Gaffney papers, and broader Georgist analysis connecting land rent theory to real estate cycle research. A key free-access repository for academic-quality Georgist cycle research.
Key Hosted Sources
- Foldvary: “Riding the Upswing of the Real Estate Cycle: 2012–2022” (August 2015) — now ingested as 2026-05-03-foldvary-riding-upswing-2015
- Foldvary: “The Depression of 2008-2009” (2009) — retrospective confirmation paper, ingested as 2026-05-03-foldvary-depression-retrospective-2009
- Mason Gaffney articles on land taxation and economic cycles
- Regular commentary by Georgist economists applying the framework to current events
Significance
- Primary home for Foldvary’s public-facing cycle work (his SSRN papers are the academic version; Progress.org is the accessible version)
- Provides the policy context: Georgist cycle analysis isn’t just prediction — it’s advocacy for LVT as the structural fix
- Free access to material that would otherwise require academic database subscriptions