Martin Jacobson is a Swedish political theorist based in Sweden who works at the University of Upsala. Martin has spent several years exploring the relationship between geoism and liberty. This year he finished his PhD with a dissertation entitled Land and Liberty. In this episode, he talks about freedom. Why is liberty important, what are the different varieties of left-libertarianism, and what are the similarities and differences between Henry George and Benjamin Tucker?

I hope you will enjoy this episode!

Here are some of the books and websites referred to:

Martin Jacobson

Land & Liberty: On the Natural Monopoly of Violence

https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1852324&dswid=6293

Geoism as part of the left-libertarian tradition

https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/geoism-as-part-of-the-left-libertarian

Martin Jacobson on Twitter

https://x.com/MarWJac

Kevin Carson

Organization Theory

https://kevinacarson.org/publication/ot/

Markets not Capitalism

https://store.c4ss.org/index.php/product/markets-not-capitalism/

Rodrick Long

https://oll.libertyfund.org/people/roderick-t-long

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My website is www.geoliberty.nl

This will be a very boring episode because I do not have an exciting guest today. I will just read a piece from a book about how we can share the earth.

I think I should do this because people who love liberty and are concerned about government intervention may be puzzled or even shocked if they hear that most geoist are in favor of a form of taxation. I agree that it is problematic to promote coercive governments as the best way to solve problems. And I prefer non-coercive forms of cooperation. We may find ways to do this.

However, if we want people to live in liberty, we must find a way to ensure access to natural resources. A schedule of a land value tax and a government is not a proposal to have more government interference. It’s just one of the possible ways to ensure that everyone has access to what nature provides for free.

I hope this helps you to understand the principle behind the Land Value Tax.

Want to read more about this topic?

I recommend the work of authors such as Nicolaus Tideman and Brian Hodgkinson.

Or if you are willing to read a dissertation, consider this one.

In this episode, Gareth and I will introduce you to geoist economics.

Geoists believe that people have equal rights to what nature provides for free. Geoist economists have found a simple way to organise this in an economy.

If people have access to natural resources such as land, houses will be affordable and wages will be higher. Also, the system of taxes and benefits can become less complex.

We hope this brief introduction will make you curious.

Want to read more about this topic?

Gareth recommends you to read Henry George's Progress and Poverty.

https://www.henrygeorge.org/pcontents.htm

Barend has a suggestion for lazy reader such as he is. How our economy really works by Brian Hodgkinson is less that 100 pages and a quick read!

https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/how-our-economy-really-works-a-radical-reappraisal-brian-hodgkinson/

Some interesting links are available on my website.

https://geoliberty.nl/en/

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