2018: Will Land Value Tax Turn Baltimore Around?
Monday, August 27 – Friday, August 31
Baltimore Holiday Inn Inner Harbor
Baltimore, Maryland
Pre-Conference Charette, Monday, August 27
Victor Ramirez: The Case for Land Value Tax in Puerto Rico
Josh Vincent and Lindy Davies: Baltimore Land Economics
Tuesday, August 28
Scott Beyer: presents a non-Georgist libertarian view on “21st Century Urban Economics.”
Tom Daniels: Land Value Capture as a “go to” tool for city planners. Tom Daniels directs the concentration in Land Use and Environmental Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. He is part of a Penn team working on a grant from the EPA to study how to use green infrastructure to reduce urban stormwater runoff. Tom authored the authoritative Environmental Planning Handbook, now in its second edition.
Wednesday, August 29:
Marty Rowland: Ostrom’s Revolutionary Finding: Axioms for Managing the Commons
Lorenzo Gaztanaga: Henry George and Jose Marti
Devpreet Jassal: LVT financed Bonds for Public Goods
Thursday, August 30: Morality of LVT
Rev. James Dawsey and Alexandra Lough: Henry George’s Engagement with the Church as Explored in the New Vol. III of the Annotated Works of Henry George. Dawsey focuses on Social Problems and on contrasting the views of Henry George with those of William Graham Sumner. Alex Lough’s presentation begins at 30:45, and focuses on The Condition of Labor and on conflicts between the church hierarchy and George’s Catholic supporters. Q&A begins at 50:15.
Interview of Alexandra Lough: (8 minute synopsis of talk)
Charles Avila: Ethics, Morality and the Land Question
Clarence Davis: Banquet Speech, “Bringing LVT to Baltimore”
Friday, August 31
Dan Sullivan: on The Politics of Reason: Why Fundamental Solutions Require Different Approaches