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DODSON,
EDWARD J.
A Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Housing Advocates

Reprinted from GroundSwell, September-October, 1993
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Brief History of Market Failures, Yesterday and Tomorrow, the U.S. Experience

[GroundSwell, March-April 2000]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Brief Introduction to Economic Concepts

[prepared 1999 ]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Century of Pseudo-Scientific Analysis, Neo-classical economics and the 'mystery' of the business cycle.

[Reprinted from Geophilos, Spring 2003]

Dodson,
Edward J.
This document is a teaching tool I have used with good success in the telling of the story of A Chronology of the Colonial History of North America (in six parts).

[ This chronology details the events and experiences of people who lived them during the period from around 1740 through 1830. The source books for this reference work are the narratives written by historian Allan W. Eckert.]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Chronology of the Life and Work of Henry George
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Chronology of the Life and Work of Thomas Paine
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Debate Over Monetary Reform

[A Land-Theory exchange between Mason Gaffney, Stephen Zarlenga, Fred Foldvary, Dan Sullivan, John Kromkowski, Harry Pollard and Chuck Metalitz; June 2003]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Dialogue on Political Economy

[A reading delivered at a program of the Henry George Institute, at the Henry George School, New York, 1982]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Fairer School Tax System

[A letter published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 January, 1997]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Georgist Take on Kelsonian Binary Economics

[an unpublished essay, April, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Human Rights Doctrine in the Age of Cultural Relativism

[ 1993; revised February 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Just Society


[A letter printed in The Center Magazine, the publication of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, November/December, 1986]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Libertarian Historian's Analysis Ignores 'the Land Question'

[A review of the book, How Capitalism Saved America by Thomas J. DiLorenzo (Crown Forum 2004)]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Philadelphia Story

Reprinted from GroundSwell, September-October 2000
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Proposal for Meaningful Tax Reform

[A set of proposals updated February, 2007]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Response to Oliver Marc Hartwich's Paper, "Taxing Land Values is Just Another Questionable Tax"

[The paper by Marc Hartwich was published by the Institute of Economic Affairs, 2006. This response was prepared 18 January, 2007]
Dodson,
Edward J.
A Warning Too Late

[A review of the book The Declassified Eisenhower, Land & Liberty, March-April 1988]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Abortion: As A Test Case, Where Individual Rights and Societal Responsibilities Collide
Dodson,
Edward J.
Advocating from the Common Good in the Corporate Environment

[May 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Affordability of Quality Housing -- A Vital Yardstick for Measuring Wealth Distribution and Individual Well-Being

[A paper presented at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference held at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia, 26-31 July 1988]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Alice M. Rivlin: A Mainstream View on Capitalism

Reprinted from GroundSwell, 2003
Dodson,
Edward J.
American Experience of Seeking Fairer Taxation

[A letter printed in The Herald (Scotland), 19 September, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Review of: American Genesis a book by Thomas P. Hughes

A paper written for the course Knowledge in America, Temple University, Fall 1989, Prof. Moris J. Vogel.
Dodson,
Edward J.
America's Rent-Seekers" Individual Interest and the Common Good

[reprinted from Land & Liberty, Summer 2002 ]
Dodson,
Edward J.
America's Dichotomy: Advantage Vs. Equality

[A paper for the course The World We Have Lost, Temple University, Fall 1985. Dr. Ershkowitz]
Dodson,
Edward J.
An Essay on Citizenship

A paper written for the course National Public Policy, Temple University, Spring 1987, Professor Douglas Bennett
Dodson,
Edward J.
An Exchange of Ideas with John Burkhart

[1984-1987]
Dodson,
Edward J.
An Exchange of Views on Land Reform with Prof. Joe D. Reid and Fred Harrison

[1982-1984]
Dodson,
Edward J.
An Open Letter to the Mayors of the Cities and Towns in the United States

[written for Common Ground U.S.A. to be sent to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, March 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Answering Questions of Personal Political Philosophy

[A paper prepared for the course "National Public Policy" at Temple University, April 1987. Prof. Douglas Bennett]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Are Americans Ready to Downsize?

[Reprinted from Equal Rights, Spring 2008]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Arizona: The American West's Battleground Over Access to Water

[An unpublished essay, July, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Battle to Preserve Open Space, Preserve Land for Agricultural Use and The Law of Unforeseen Consequences

[December 2001. Reprinted from: GroundSwell 2002 ]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Being a 'Save the World' Type

[an unpublished essay, written August 2004]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The British Constitution Measured Against Moral Principle

[a letter published in The Center Magazine, July-August 1985 (the periodical of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Bush's Economic Team: What Were They Thinking? What Can We Do?

[reprinted from GroundSwell, January-February 2004]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Bust to Boom, and Back Again

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, March-June, 1990]
Dodson,
Edward J.
By George! A Dialogue Between Henry George and George Bernard Shaw

[1988 ]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Can a City Raise Needed Public Revenue and Stimulate Its Economy at the Same Times?

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, September-October, 2001
Dodson,
Edward J.
Can Free Trade Deliver the Goods?

[1996]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Can Georgists Use Psychology to Achieve a Broader Impact?

[From Equal Rights, Summer, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Challenges to the Global Monetary Structure

This was written in 1990 as a final qualifying paper toward my masters of liberal arts degree. Minor updating has been made to the text.

Dodson,
Edward J.
Cities of Empty Nesters: A Reaction to Rational Expectations

[an unpublished essay, March, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Citizenship Rights

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, November-December 1988]
Dodson,
Edward J.
City Planning in a Synergistic Environment -- Trends in the U.S., Britain and the Continent -- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

[A paper prepared in partial completion of requirements for the course "Great Cities of the World," Temple University, Spring, 1989]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Civilizations Under Siege: The European Conquest of the Americas

[This is a chapter of the forthcoming book The Quest for First Principles.]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Cohousing As A Lifestyle Choice

[December 1999]

Dodson,
Edward J.
The Coming Global Economic Recession

[A review of Boom Bust: House Prices, Banking and the Depression of 2010 by Fred Harrison. Published by Shepheard-Walwyn, London, 2005]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Community Rights vs. Individual Privileges: Responding to Property Abandonment

[Reprinted from Equal Rights, Fall, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Environmental Consequences of Commerce on Plant and Animal Species: Principle versus Pragmatism

[An unpublished essay, July, 2005]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Common Sense Public Policy

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, January-February 2005]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Congress Smiles on Landowners

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, January-February 1988]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Review of: Conquering the American Wilderness, The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast, by Prof. Guy Chet (University of Massachusetts Press, 2003), written for posting to the Early America website.
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Cost of Living in the USA

[Reprinted from Equal Rights, Winter and Spring 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Creating a Better Model to Solve Urban Ills

[Reprinted from Focus Magazine, 4 January, 1984]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Daniel J. Boorstin's The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson

A paper written for the course Knowledge in America, Temple University, Fall 1989.
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Deepening Wedge

[Reprinted from: Equal Rights, Winter 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Democracy -- A Future of Failure?

[a letter printed in The Center Magazine, July/August, 1985, in response to an essay by Samuel Huntington]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Democracy At Risk, Stemming the Soviet Challenge and the Reforms to Democratic Capitalism Necessary to Do So

[An essay submitted for consideration to the Speiser Essay Contest, August 1985]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Democratic Imperative

A paper presented at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, Illinois; with response by Joseph Bast, President of the Heartland Institute (June 30, 1995)

Dodson,
Edward J.
The Discovery of First Principles

The first and second volumes of this book is now available thru iUniverse.com. The introduction is available here to introduce you to this book. The third and final volume should be published by the end of 2006.
Dodson,
Edward J.
Dreams of Common Ground

[GroundSwell, May-June 2004]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's Lost Opportunity to Advance the Cause of Justice

[A paper prepared in partial completion of the requirements for the course U.S. Recent History, Temple University, May 1985]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Economics of Land Markets

1998

Dodson,
Edward J.
The Effect Landowners Have on the Economy

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, January-February 1988]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Endless Oppression A Review of the Book Endless War by James Chace

[A paper prepared in partial completion of requirements for the course U.S. Recent History, Temple University, Summer, 1985]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Evolving Political Economy of Thomas Paine

[A paper delivered at the Henry George School of Social Science, New York, NY, 6 May 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Fateful Absence of Land Markets at the Center of Economic Theory

[unpublished essay, August 2004]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Finance: A Private Affair

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, November-December 1992]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Frederick Jackson turner and the Frontier Dichotomy

[A paper delivered at a Henry George Institute program at the Henry George School, New York, 13 November, 1985]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Free Trade and U.S. Living Standards -- Theory Faces Reality

[July 1995]
Dodson,
Edward J.
From Public to Private Domain in a Blink of an Eye , A Primer on the Role of Land Speculation in the Expansion of the United States West of the Mississippi River

[an unpublished paper written, February 2008]
Dodson,
Edward J.
From Samuelson to George: A Galbraithian By-Pass

[September, 1980]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Frontier as Destroyer of Empire: The Role of Land Hunger and Land Speculation in Weakening Great Britain's Capacity to Rule Over its American Coloies

[April, 2008]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Fund for a New Center for the Advocacy of cooperative Individualism and the Study of Political Economy

CACISPE - July 2000

Dodson,
Edward J.
Funding Schools: Property Taxes versus Income Taxes

[a letter to Anthony Wood of the Philadelphia Inquirer, 1 August 2004]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Georgism On The Eve Of The Great Depression: Lessons For Today

[Reprinted from the Georgist Journal, Fall 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Global Concern Over Human Rights

[reprinted from Equal Rights, Summer 1984]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Global Regionalism: How Markets Really Operate Under Today's Socio-Political Institutions

Reprinted from GroundSwell, November-December 2000

Dodson,
Edward J.
Great Ideas Seminar on War and Peace

[October-November 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Greatest Inconvenient Truth is a First Principle

[Reprinted from Progress, May-June 2007]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Greenspan Years: More Questions than Answers

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, Spring 2008]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Gross Deomestic Product Statistics: Should We Pay Attention?

[April 2005]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Heartland Heartburn for U.S. Farmers

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, July-August 1987]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Henry George and Cooperative Individualism

[reprinted from Fragments, April-December 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Henry George and the Fabians

[Reprinted from Equal Rights, Spring, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Henry George's Influence on the Life and Work of Leo Tolstoy

December 1999

Dodson,
Edward J.
Henry George's Resurrection of the Science of Political Economy

1996

Dodson,
Edward J.
Henry Ware Allen and Henry George

[Reprinted from Equal Rights, Spring 2007]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Homeownership and Markets: The Lessons of the Twentieth Century and the Consequences of Policy Choices

Originally written 1990 / Revised June 1997

Dodson,
Edward J.
Housing Affordability

Reprinted from GroundSwell, July-August 1999
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Housing Bubble is real and is Coming Soon to Your Part of the Country

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, January-February, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Housing Bubble of 2008

[Comments posted to the Financial Times, online forum, February 2008]
Dodson,
Edward J.
How Does Manhattan Work in the Face of Escalating Land Prices?

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, March-April, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
How Long Will Land Markets Continue to Spiral Upward?

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, July-August 2002]
Dodson,
Edward J.
How Urban Agriculture Has Become A "Highest And Best Use" in Some Parts of Philadelphia

[June 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Human Rights

[a letter printed in The Center Magazine, July/August, 1984, the publication of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Human Rights Debate

[reprinted from The Center Magazine, The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Summer 1984 ]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Hutchins, Dewey and Problems Left Unresolved

[An unpublished paper written in April 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Impact of Property Taxation on Housing Markets: Would the Adoption of Land Value Taxation Drive Down the Price of Land and Increase Housing Affordability?

[A paper presented at the annual Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 3-7 August, 2005 and later printed in GroundSwell, May-June 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
In The Best of Times, Under The Best of Conditions: Private Virtues and The Stateless Society

[1997]
Dodson,
Edward J.
In Defense of Henry George's Remedy: The Public Appropriation of Rent

[Reprinted from the Land-Theory discussion list. A response to Jack O'Donnell, May, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
In the Footsteps of Henry George: The Philadelphia Georgist Story

[A pamphlet distributed to attendees of the annual Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 3-7 August, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
In The Footsteps of Thomas Paine: Francis Neilson and the Liberal Tradition

[An unpublished biographical essay. July, 2005]

Dodson,
Edward J.
In The Land Down Under, Sydney: Promise Fulfilled?

[1989]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Incremental Reform and the Social Democracies

Dodson,
Edward J.
Inflation

A letter submitted to the New York Times, October 20, 1999, in response to an editorial. This letter was not printed.

Dodson,
Edward J.
The Internet is a Poor Substitute for a Living Georgist Community

A letter printed in Land & Liberty, Spring 2001

Dodson,
Edward J.
Is Education a Public Good? If So, How Should it be Funded?

[Reprinted from Equal Rights , Fall 2007 ]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Is Gentrification A Threat?

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, September-October 2005]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Jack Schwartzman: A Life In Service To Liberty

[A remembrance. A slightly edited version of this writing has been published in a memorial issue of Fragments, January 2002, under the title The Henry George Connection.]
Dodson,
Edward J.
John F. Kennedy, A Legacy of Unkept Promises or of Promise Fulfilled?

[ A review of the book JFK: The Presidency of John F. Kennedy, by Herbert Parmet, a paper submitted in partial completion of the course requirements for U.S. Recent History, Temple University, Summer 1985]
Dodson,
Edward J.
John Maynard Keynes and 20th Century Liberalism

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, September-October 2004]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Justice Secured? Answering the Questions: What are Our Liberties? And, Does the U.S. Constitution Protect Them?

[A paper prepared for a course at Temple University, 1987]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Justice Secured? Natural Rights as the Source of Just Socio-Political Arrangements

[Originally written in 1994. Revised, December 1999]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Keeping Cities Strong

A letter printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 4 January 2004]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Keynes, Laffer and Taxes

[Reprinted from Progress, February 2008]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Land and Markets

[reprinted from the Georgist Journal, Summer, 1992]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Land Market Dynamics Lost to Housing Analysts

[reprinted from GroundSwell, June 2000]

Dodson,
Edward J.
The Laughter and the Tears

[1970]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Law of Unforeseen Consequences

[reprinted from GroundSwell, November-December 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Legacy of the Frontier Chaos

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, September-October 1988]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Review of: letters to a young activist, a book by Todd Gitlin, Professor of Journalism and Sociology, Columbia University [published by Basic Books, 2003]
Dodson,
Edward J.
LETTERS

[published letters]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Level Playing Field?

[a letter printed in Barron's in response to an essay by Walter Olson, "Level Playing Field? In U.S. Trade Policy, Unfair Obstacles Loom Large," 27 July, 1987]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Liberalism: On A Collision Course With Liberty

This paper explores the conflict between individual liberty and the socio-political structure that has developed in the United States (and, similarly within social democracies). [1992]

Associated with the paper is a chart that presents the left/right paradigm in a new and unique way.
Dodson,
Edward J.
Liberty is Freedom Constrained by Justice

[an unpublished essay, April, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Light Brigade, England's Charge Borne on Ireland's Back

[reprinted from Equal Rights, 1982 ]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Limiting Property Rights in the Public Interest

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, November-December 2007]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Limiting Property Rights in the Community Interest

[An unpublished essay, 2007 ]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Link Between 'the land question' and Population Growth

[a letter to WorldWatch, September 2004]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Long-Term Lessons in New World's Land-Grabs

[originally published in Land & Liberty, November-December, 1986]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Review of: Stephen Zarlenga's book, The Lost Science of Money

[written for the Banneker Center for Economic Justice, 2003]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Makings of a Just Society

[1994]

Dodson,
Edward J.
The Many Sides of the Tobacco Debate

[a Land-Theory discussion, October 2000]

Dodson,
Edward J.
The March Toward Worker Capitalism

[reprinted from Equal Rights, Spring 1984]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Marketing Georgist Ideas to the Public

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, November-December 1989]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Measuring Progress and Defining Success, an Addendum to a current Assessment of the "Georgist" Movement

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, May-June, 2003]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Meaning of Commonwealth

[reprinted from a Simple Society email forum, April 2004]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Mission, Objectives, Strategies and Tactics

An unpublished essay, September, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Mission to Moscow

Reprinted from GroundSwell, July-August 1996]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Monetary History, a Chronology

This chronology is under development and will hopefully be expanded during 2000 [added February 2000]
Dodson,
Edward J.
"My principles are those of cooperative individualism." Would Henry George agree?
[reprinted from Fragments, April-December, 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
My Introduction to Henry George

[January 2002]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Myth as History: Seeds of Destruction

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, January-February 1991]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Myth or Reality? The United States is a Land of Equal Opportunity

1998
Dodson,
Edward J.
Myths Passed Off As History

Reprinted from Land & Liberty, January-February 1991
Dodson,
Edward J.
'New Federalism': The Economics of the Eighties

[originally published in The Greater Philadelphia Economist, 18 October, 1982 ]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Commentary on: The New Road to Serfdom

[Comments on the article by Michael Hudson published in Harper's, May, 2006. This paper prepared August, 2007]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Not Everyone Is Asleep at the Energy Wheel

[Reprinted from Equal Rights, Summer, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Objective Truth

A letter printed in The Pragmatist, with a response by editor/publisher Christopher C. Faille, April 1996
Dodson,
Edward J.
On Being a 'Save the World' Type

[Submitted to the Philadelphia Inquirer in mid-2004 for publication in the paper's Community Voices section. Although accepted, this essay has not appeared as of the end of 2004.]
Dodson,
Edward J.
On Natural Law, an Exchange of Views

[Ed Dodson responding to an esay by Milton Rothman, The Welcomat, October-November 1991]
Dodson,
Edward J.
On Georgist Conferences: Was the 1974 Conference on Inquiry a Model to be Resurrected for the Future

[An unpublished commentary, February 2005]

Dodson,
Edward J.
On The Importance of Classical Political Economy

A discussion on the political economy of Henry George, held at the annual conference sponsored by the Council of Georgist Organizations,October 1994, Fairhope, Alabama. The participants included: Ian Lambert, Esq., Michael Hudson, Ph.D., Nicolaus Tideman, Ph.D. and Edward J. Dodson, M.L.A.

Dodson,
Edward J.
On the Meaning of Natural Law

[An exchange with Milton Rothman. Reprinted from The Welcomat, October-November 1991]

Dodson,
Edward J.
On Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

A report on the 19th annual North American Conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations, held July 8-13, 1999 in Gaithersburg, Maryland and Arden, Delaware.
Dodson,
Edward J.
Our Right to Freedom from Religion Denied

[Reprinted from the Bulletin of Thomas Paine Friends, December, 2007. Also, a second copy in pdf format is available as it appears in print]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Owning Land: Key to Wealth Building?

[GroundSwell, November-December 2003]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Paine's Return to the Old World: The Time Between the Storms

[An unpublished essay written February, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Physiocratie -- The Political Economy of Benjamin Franklin

[A paper presented at the Henry George School of Social Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4 February 2006. With an accompanying Chronology]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Policy Failures: Land Missing from the Economic Equation

[September 2004 - unpublished]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Politics and Economics of Deficits

[an unpublished essay written October, 1984]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Preventing a Recurrence of Widespread Home Foreclosures

[A response to a commentary by economist Lawrence Summers on the Economists' Forum of the Financial Times]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Preventing New Tyranny from Arising After the Fall of a Despotic Regime

[A letter reprinted from Philadelphia Weekly, 9 December 1987]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Privacy Rights, Liberty and Original Intent, What the Founders Gave Us and What They Missed

A paper prepared in partial requirement of a Seminar course on Civil Rights and Liberties, Prof. Ellis Katz, Temple University, Spring 1988
Dodson,
Edward J.
Promises to Pay Nothing In Particular: A Brief History of Monetary Diseases and a Proposal for Their Cure

January 2001

A Debate Over Monetary Reform based on the above paper, presented at the International Union conference, Edinburgh University, Scotland, August, 2001
Dodson,
Edward J.
Proposal for Restructuring of the U.S. Feeral Income Tax System

[A proposal submitted via email to the President's Commission on Tax Reform, April 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Pseudo-Scientific Economics, The Business Cycle and a Neo-classical 'Mystery'

[reprinted from GeoPhilos, Spring 2003]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Public Policy in the United States and the Fate of the Cities

[reprinted from GroundSwell, July-August 2000]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Race Between Population Growth and Ingenuity: Henry George's Early Perspective

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, May-June 2002]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Race, Poverty and the Inner City -- 40 Years Later

[Comments posted to the Bill Moyers Journal website, evaluating the impact of the Kerner Commission investigation into the causes of poverty and urban unrest, 7 April, 2008]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Raising the Torch of Liberty

[A review of the book by Fred Harrison, Ricardo's Law, published by Shepheard-Wallwyn, London, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Rational Behavior in an Irrational World

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, July-August, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Reagan Economics: Great Expectations

[reprinted from Equal Rights, Spring 1981]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Real Tax Reform

[reprinted from Equal Rights, Fall 1985]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Rent and the Use of Public Sidewalks by Vendors

[1999]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Rent-Seeking Behavior and Environmental Degradation

[a letter to WorldWatch Magazine, March 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Rents and Sustainability

[Reprinted from World Watch magazine, March-April 2007]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Report on the International Union for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade Conference

[held at Edinburgh University, Scotland, 7-14 July 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Responding to the Assertion, "All belief systems are essentially arbitrary and therefore, equal"

Dodson,
Edward J.
Resurrecting the Legacy of Thomas Paine

[A review of the book, Thomas paine and the Promise of America, written by Prof. Harvey Kaye, and published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux, Hill and Wang. January 2006]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Reviving Our Cities, a Market Driven Perspective

[This paper was written with Walter Rybeck (President of the Center for Public Dialogue, Kensington, Maryland), 1991.
Dodson,
Edward J.
Revolution or 'Restoration'

[A letter printed in Worldwatch Magazine, January-February, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Right to Bear Arms?

[An SCI commentary, October 2000]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Commentary on: The Rise and Fall of Housing's Favored Investment Status, a paper prepared by Patric H. Hendershott and Michael White of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, published in the Journal of Housing Research, vol. 11, Issue 2.
Dodson,
Edward J.
Running Against The Wind, The University of Chicago: Institutional Growth, Status-Seeking Research and the Struggle to Preserve Liberal Educational Values

A paper written for the course Knowledge in America, Temple University, Fall 1989, Professor Morris J. Vogel.
Dodson,
Edward J.
Rural America: A Study of Absentee Land Ownership

[Reprinted from: GroundSwell, March-April, 2005
Dodson,
Edward J.
Saudi Arabia: Gambling On Deep Pocket Power

[This paper was written in the Spring of 1986 as part of a requirement for a course in Public Policy Analysis at Temple University taught by Dr. Sandra Featherman.]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Scattered-Site Properties and the Community Land Trust: A Strategy for Expanding Affordable Housing Opportunities

[1991]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Search For The Just Society

Teachers may find this Instructor's Manual for the course of this name I have taught for nearly ten years at the Henry George School of Social Science a valued tool. I am more than happy to provide direction to any teacher who might want to teach this course either in a college or adult education environment.
Dodson,
Edward J.
Seeking A Just Society

[reprinted from Land & Liberty, March-April 1987]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Selling The Nation's Resources

[reprinted from Equal Rights, Summer 1982]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Separating Historical Fact from Fiction

[Comments on the book, Founding Myths, by Ray Raphael. Reprinted from the Bulletin of Thomas Paine Friends, Vol.7, No.4, December, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Should Bankers Care About How Municipalities, Counties and School Districts Tax Real Estate?

[June 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Site Value Taxation, Its Impact Upon Productivity and Economic Stability

[A paper prepared for a couse on macroeconomics, University of Pennsylvania, February, 1981]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Smart Growth Policies: What Some Experts Say

[Comments on a paper titled Retracting Suburbia: Smart Growth and the Future of Housing, by Karen a. Danielson of the Urban Land Institute, and others. Reprinted from GroundSwell, November-December, 1999]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Socio-Political Systems: A New Approach to the Left/Right Paradigm

Dodson,
Edward J.
Some Ideas We Can Bank On

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, July-August 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Spirituality of Thomas Paine

[A talk delivered to the Thomas Paine Unitarian Fellowship, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 3 May 1998]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Surviving In The Market Economy: A Primer On Economics and the Role Government Should Play

[1992]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Letter to WorldWatch Institute on Sustainability

[1994]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Taiwan: A Georgist Success Story?

[Reprinted from Equal Rights, Spring, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Tax Land?

[a letter printed in the Philadelphia City Paper, April 1999]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Tax Reform That Would be Truly Meaningful

[A response to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review news story, "Lawmakers Eye Property Taxes," by Brad Bumsted, 29 November, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Taxing Community-Created Values by the Back Door

[reprinted from GroundSwell, March-April 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Taxing Land Values is Not Just a Good Idea, It is an Urgent Necessity

[January, 2007]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Tearing Apart the Social Fabric

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, Vol.114, No.1220, Winter 2007]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Tendency as Principle

This paper presents a resurrection of Henry George's closed system of political economy as a tool for historical understanding of the Irish Question (1992).
Dodson,
Edward J.
There's Little Time Left to Save Coastal Regions

[Reprinted from E/the Environmental Magazine, 22 April 2008]
Dodson,
Edward J.
They've Tried the Rest: Hopefully, They'll Finally Try the Best

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, September-October 1999 and also printed in modified form as "How Untaxing Philadelphians Will Make Philadelphia Great," Philadelphia Public Record, April 2001
Dodson,
Edward J.
Third World Problems: A Post-Colonial Legacy?

[May 1989]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Thirty Thousand Dollar Solution

[a review of Robert R. Schutz's book, published by Fithian Pressi, 1995; reviewed June 1996 for the Progress Report].
Dodson,
Edward J.
Thirty Years On, And Still Hoping to Render an Audience


[A paper delivered at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Chicago, Illinois, July, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Thomas Paine: Architect of Cooperative Individualism

[1995]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations -- Reviewed

[A review of the book by Craig Nelson, published by Viking Penguin, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Thomas Sowell on Poverty

[reprinted from Equal Rights, Fall 1981]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Time For a "New" Foreign Policy

[Equal Rights, Spring 1985]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Time for Healing: The Case for Lessening the Human Footprint

[A paper presented at "A Conference on the Future of Connecticut and Beyond," Bridgeport, Connecticut, July 2003]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Tolstoy: Conservative and Counter-Revolutionary

[a paper delivered at the Henry George School, New York, April 1985]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Tolstoy, Proudhon and Henry George

[Reprinted from the Georgist Journal, Summer, 1985]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Toward A Financially Stable Future: What Russia Must Examine in the U.S. Experience

[a paper delivered to the Congress on Land Relations and the Rational Us
Dodson,
Edward J.
Tribalism and the Breakdown of Nations
Dodson,
Edward J.
Twenty-five Years of Teaching Henry George's Political Economy

[Reprinted from Progress, July-August, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Urban Agriculture: Interim Highest and Best Use

Reprinted from GroundSwell, January-February 2001
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Urban Crisis, Societies out of Control and the Cities They Have Spawned

[an unpublished essay written in 1989]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Urban Growth Boundraies: Do They Raise Housing Costs?

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, 2003]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Urban Growth Boundraies: Boon to Landowners?

[An unpublished essay, May, 2005]

Dodson,
Edward J.
The U.S. Housing Sector has Pulled the Economy Along, but at Considerable Cost, and Not for Much Longer

[GroundSwell, September-October]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The War on Drugs: Violence Driven by Flawed Law

[November 2001]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Wealth, Income and Race in the United States: Are We a More Equitable Society Than We Were Ten Years Ago?

[1990]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Wealth of the Nation, Is It In Good Hands?

[Reprinted from: GroundSwell, November-December 2004]
Dodson,
Edward J.
The Wealth of our Nation and Our Cities

[a paper delivered at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bridgeport, Connecticut, July 2003]
Dodson,
Edward J.
What Kind Of A Republic?
Dodson,
Edward J.
What the Experts Want to do to Make Our cities More Livable

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, January-February 2000]
Dodson,
Edward J.
What to Do About Japan's Rising Land Prices

[A letter reprinted from Business Month, October 1988]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Wheels of Fortune

[A review of the book, Wheels of Fortune, by Fred Harrison, published in London by The Institute of Economic Affairs, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Where 'Housing' Is Taking Us: A Call for Action

[Reprinted from GroundSwell, May-June, 2005]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Why the U.S. is Strategically Placed to Experience a Return to Stagflation

[A paper prepared for delivery at the International Union conference, London, 2-8 July.]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Why a "School of Cooperative Individualism"

[An unpublished essay, July, 2006]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Will 'National Debt' Ed Prosperty As We Know It?

[reprinted from GroundSwell, May-June 2004]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Will Truth Prevail? A Conversation Between Henry George and George Bernard Shaw

[a playscript]

Dodson,
Edward J.
Where We Stand, In what Directon We Are Heading

This paper contains an estimate of our circumstances, the challenges we face and some of the obstacles standing in the way of permanent solutions. The paper was distributed but not presented at the Annual Georgist conference, Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic, June 1992.
Dodson,
Edward J.
Why Clintonomics Can No More Generate Full Employment Without Inflation Than Any Of Its Predecessors

[1994]
Dodson,
Edward J.
Wind: Yet Another Source of Wealth for the Landed

[Reprinted from Progress, March-April 2008]

DOHERTY,
MATTHEW

Funding Public Transport Development Through Land Value Capture Programs

[A paper published by the Institute for Sustainable Futures, 2004]


DOMINGUEZ,
C. VILLALOBOS

A Reply to Critics

[Reprinted from The Freeman, March, 1942]

Dominguez,
C. Villalobos
On Rent, Land Values, Speculation and Taxes

[Reprinted from The Freeman, October, 1942]

Dominguez,
C. Villalobos
Who Pays All Taxes?

[Reprinted from The Freeman, October, 1941]


DOMKE,
DAVID

Louis F. Post: Philosopher of Social Service

[reprinted from: Henry George News, May-June 1995]


DONISTHORPE,
WORDSWORTH

The Limits of Liberty

[Excerpts from Chapter 2 of the collection of essays, A Plea for Liberty: An Argument Against Socialism and Socialistic Legislation, edited by Thomas Mackay, published in 1891 by D. Appleton & Co.]

DOREN,
CHARLES VAN

The Idea of Progress

[Excerpts from the book, published by Frederick A. Praeger, 1967]


DORIA,
NITO

The Asian Economic Setting, Analyzed

[2001]


DOUGLAS,
C.H.

An Exchange Between C.H. Douglas and John Maynard Keynes

[Transcript of the MacMillan Committee of Finance and Industry. Reprinted from the official minutes of evidence, 24th day. 1 May 1930.]

Douglas,
C.H.
The Fallacy of a Balanced Budget

[Reprinted from the New English Weekly, 28 July, 1932, pp. 346-7]


DOUGLAS,
F.C.R.

In Defense of Site Value Rating

[Excerpts from a paper delivered at the Conference of the Association of Ratng and Valuation Officers, 12-13 September, 1952. Reprinted from Land & Liberty, October-November, 1952]


DOUGLAS,
PAUL



ENLARGE
We Need Land Reform

[Reprinted from Incentive Taxation, September 1987]

DOUGLAS,
ROSS

Land Taxation -- Victim of a Vague Socialism

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, 1980]


DOUGLAS,
ROY



ENLARGE
A New Look at Free Trade

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, November-December 1967]
Douglas,
Roy
Abandonment of Liberalism: Repentance or Retribution

[an address to the Reform Club, London, 26 May 1977; reprinted from Land & Liberty, July-August, 1977]
Douglas,
Roy
'Access to Land' a Root Cause of War

[reprinted from Land and Liberty, July-August 1985]
Douglas,
Roy
Adam Smith and Free Trade

[A paper presented at the 13th International Conference on Land Value Taxation and Free Trade. Isle of Man. September 1973]
Douglas,
Roy
Blight on Local Government

[reprinted from Land and Liberty, March 1969]
Douglas,
Roy
Crofters: the Rise and Fall of the Clansmen

[reprinted from Land and Liberty, March-april 1979]
Douglas,
Roy
The Fortunes of Free Trade in Britain

[A paper presented at the Twelfth International Conference on Land Value Taxation and Free Trade. Caswell Bay, Wales. September 1968]
Douglas,
Roy
The Genesis of War

[Reprinted from Land & Liberty, January-February 1983]
Douglas,
Roy