Fred E. Foldvary

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 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. [Foldvary, Fred E. (2002) [http://www.progress.org/archive/fold251.htm "Geoism and Libertarianism"] , www.ProgressReport.org] In 2000, he ran for Congress in California's 9th District as a Libertarian. [ [http://hometown.aol.com/foldvary2000/ Fred Foldvary 2000 - Libertarian for Congress] ]

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.

In 1998 he predicted there would be a real estate-related recession in 2008. [Foldvary, Fred E. (1998) [http://web.archive.org/web/20011123103024/www.progress.org/archive/fold19.htm "Will There Be a Recession?"] , www.ProgressReport.org] In 2007 Foldvary published a booklet entitled "The Depression of 2008". [http://www.foldvary.net/Gutenberg/index.html]

Books

*"The Soul of Liberty" (1980) The Gugenberg Press.
*"Public Goods and Private Communities" (1994) Edward Elgar Publishing.
*"Beyond Neoclassical Economics" (1996) Edward Elgar Publishing
*"Dictionary of Free Market Economics" (1998) Edward Elgar Publishing
*"The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How Technology Affects Old Policy Issues" (ed., with Daniel Klein, 2003)
*"The Depression of 2008" (2007) The Gutenberg Press.

Notes

References

* [http://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=852 Research Fellow, Fred E. Foldvary]
* [http://www.foldvary.net/pers/vitabk.html Curriculum Vitae, Fred E. Foldvary]
* [http://www.foldvary.net/pers/bio.html Fred E. Foldvary, Biographical Sketch]
* [http://www.progress.org/archive/fold201.htm Chocolate Worker Slavery]

External links

* [http://www.foldvary.net/publications.html Fred Foldvary's publications]
* [http://www.progress.org/archive/foldvary.htm Editorials by Fred Foldvary, from The Progress Report archives]
* [http://www.scu.edu/business/economics/faculty/images/foldvery-100-sq.jpgPhotolink]