Cost of Living

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Cost of Living

Dr. McGlynn's Lesson from the 1886 New York City Election Jul 5, 2023
Saving for Retirement Nov 22, 2018
Incentive Taxation: How Do We Nudge the Private Sector into Producing Needed Housing? Oct 15, 2017
Another Wise LTE, from 1932 Oct 14, 2017
Republican tax legislation contains a gem: Phase out mortgage deduction Mar 16, 2014
Thomas Shearman: The Coming Billionaire (1891) Jan 8, 2013
Shearman: The Distribution of Wealth, Part III (1887) Jan 7, 2013
Henry George, on intemperance, liquor taxes and poverty Jan 7, 2013
The Mortgage on the Farm Dec 30, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: November 25 — Alfred Marshall Nov 25, 2012
Lower Rents as a City Slogan Oct 28, 2012
Individual Account Retirement Plans: An Analysis of the 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances | EBRI Oct 27, 2012
Who Are the Job Creators? Oct 3, 2012
On Wages, from an 1887 weekly ... and relevant in 2012 America Oct 2, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: August 7 — Thorold Rogers and Ede Aug 7, 2012
Bankrupt in California Jul 14, 2012
NYT 99 years ago ... a "Lower Rents" bill in Albany Jun 27, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 20 — Gerald Massey Apr 20, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 6 — Thorold Rogers Apr 6, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 5 Apr 5, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: March 31 — Adam Smith Mar 31, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: March 27 — Paine and Penn Mar 27, 2012
The Unearned Increment, and Land Speculation Mar 25, 2012
The Land Questions: #40: promoting urban housing for all who want it Mar 22, 2012
Mother Earth, Boom-Bust, Free Trade, Dogs-in-the-Manger (landlordism), and widely-spread Prosperity Feb 23, 2012
The Land Questions: #20 Affordable Housing Feb 20, 2012
The Land Questions: #13 — Electric Utilities Feb 13, 2012
The Opposition to Land Value Taxation Jan 22, 2012
Tax Incidence, Land Values and Externalities Jan 20, 2012
Land Speculation Jan 19, 2012
Man and his Mother Earth Jan 9, 2012
Young Men and Their Opportunities - 1896 and today Dec 2, 2011
Are We Socialists? Nov 21, 2011
Who are the Criminals? — Henry George, Jr., 1901 Nov 4, 2011
Nein nein nein to the 9-9-9 tax plan - Fred Foldvary Oct 18, 2011
Thomas G. Shearman: Henry George's 'Mistakes' Oct 6, 2011
Economic Indicator: Westport, CT, teardowns Oct 2, 2011
What's an intact tire and your car's alignment worth to you, per year? Sep 25, 2011
Are Public Sector Jobs, by Definition, a Drain on the Economy? Sep 24, 2011
The Golden Rule: Equal Rights to all and special privileges to none Sep 20, 2011
Tax property, not people, for a fairer society May 2, 2011
A Better Way to Do Housing Apr 11, 2011
Riches from real estate: cui bono? Feb 10, 2011
Public Ownership of essential utilities Feb 10, 2011
The Case Plainly Stated Nov 22, 2010
God bless the child that's got his own Nov 13, 2010
Get Rich Quick Scheme Nov 7, 2010
Mason Gaffney: Denying Inflation: Who, Why, and How Oct 15, 2010
Ben Stein's Money Sep 23, 2010
How to Increase America's Saving Rate: Rich Americans Save Tax Cuts Instead of Spending Sep 15, 2010
Housing Choice - Help Today’s Owners or Future Buyers? Sep 5, 2010
Earned Income: Public and Private Aug 29, 2010
Small Investors Flee Stock Market Even as Companies Recover Aug 24, 2010
Michael Hudson: The Road To Serfdom (2006) Aug 9, 2010
Princeton's Revaluation Aug 6, 2010
Greater Fools Jul 5, 2010
Aging in Place Jul 1, 2010
What an Estate Looks Like to the Taxman Jun 14, 2010
What's the real cost of living, in Pennsylvania? Jun 4, 2010
So how do we reduce our reliance on oil? May 31, 2010
The Labour Problem ... population? or something else? May 30, 2010
Wealth Concentration, Income Concentration and the Economy May 30, 2010
Education and Democracy May 29, 2010
When 2+3=6, who is entitled to the "extra" 1? Apr 27, 2010
47 percent Apr 26, 2010
Hope rises for real financial reform - WaPo Apr 24, 2010
It is time for a paradigm shift on housing Apr 9, 2010
NYT LTE's: It Happened on Wall St. and Main St. Apr 9, 2010
Mine! All Mine! Apr 8, 2010
Who is prospering from Prop 13? Mar 17, 2010
U.S. Plans New Measure for Poverty Mar 7, 2010
Debt in America Feb 26, 2010
America's millionaires Feb 17, 2010
How should we-the-people pay for ... snow removal? Feb 15, 2010
Looking Forward Feb 14, 2010
Land, labor and capital: cleaning up after the snow storm Feb 14, 2010
2009Q4 Labor Underutilization Problems of US Workers by 2008 Income Decile Feb 13, 2010
Which part of a house is unaffordable? Feb 12, 2010
Do We Really Have to Create Man-made Misery to Supplement What Nature Provides? Feb 1, 2010
10 of the largest endowments in N.E. Jan 31, 2010
Prosper California Tax Reform Initiative Jan 31, 2010
"The End of Poverty? Think Again" Jan 31, 2010
Progress & Poverty is on Kindle Jan 16, 2010
I hate to disagree with Chip Case, but I must Jan 13, 2010
Children in Poverty, Children in low-income families Dec 26, 2009
First-time homebuyers as sharecroppers Nov 9, 2009
Another Retirement Study Nov 1, 2009
Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2008 Nov 1, 2009
Krugman: How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? Sep 4, 2009
Follow the Money: A Close Look at Recent Southern California Foreclosures Aug 18, 2009
The Just-Getting-By Cost of Living in West Virginia in 2009 for young families Jun 24, 2009
"END ALL TAXES - EXCEPT ONE" Jun 13, 2009
Life on a Small Island Jun 11, 2009
Is California Over-Taxed? Jun 7, 2009
Getting By in Oregon: How Much Does It Take? Jun 3, 2009
What You Get for... $465,000 - NYTimes.com Jun 3, 2009
What is the point of sending stimulus money to a state which chooses not to tax its land value?? May 21, 2009
Gary Schilling's idea ... May 14, 2009
Carpe Diem! Remembering Bob Drake, of Chicago May 14, 2009
1 in 5 Pennsylvania Families Lack Sufficient Income to Meet Their Most Modestly Defined Needs May 14, 2009
Yertle the Turtle, and Tax Reform May 11, 2009
The UK Rich List — some additional thoughts — with reference to America, as well May 9, 2009
The Rich List May 5, 2009
Council of Georgist Organizations Conference: Cleveland 2009 May 5, 2009
People's Budget Day: the Centennial Apr 29, 2009
Pirates threatening revenge ... Apr 13, 2009
How Do We Fix an Ailing Economy? Apr 12, 2009
Payroll Taxes Apr 8, 2009
Just What is Home Equity? Feb 25, 2009
Lawson Purdy: The Influence of Taxation on the Prosperity of Cities Feb 16, 2009
The 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances: Are we going to complain, or are we going to create the conditions which will improve things? Feb 16, 2009
Child Labor in 1906; Child Poverty in 2009 Feb 15, 2009
A Price for Existence Feb 15, 2009
The ‘W’ Word, Re-engaged - ["Welfare"] Feb 9, 2009
How Might We Stimulate the Economy — at minimal expense? Feb 9, 2009
Should Landlords Share in their Tenants' Profits? Should our Urban Landlords be Society's Big Winners? Feb 9, 2009
Statistics of Income: Mortgage Interest and Real Estate Taxes Feb 5, 2009
How much land does a family need? What are the implications for our country? Feb 5, 2009
Who do we mean when we say "Main Street?" Feb 5, 2009
Sharecropping on Madison Avenue, NYC Feb 3, 2009
Slum Dog Millionaire, India and America Jan 25, 2009
Cashing in on urban land value ... who is entitled to it? Jan 23, 2009
Let Us Now Praise the Back Roads of Alabama Jan 23, 2009
NYT: Property Values - What You Get for ... $850,000 Jan 21, 2009
Dumbest Thing Voters Did Jan 18, 2009
The Landlord's OTHER Prayer Jan 17, 2009
Landlording in NYC: "We don't pay taxes, only the little people pay taxes." Jan 3, 2009
The landowner and the taxpayer Dec 29, 2008
"Miles Per Gallon" is the wrong measuring stick! Dec 27, 2008
The Foldvarium: How to Extirpate Poverty Dec 21, 2008
The Feoffees may sell Little Neck to the tenants ... for ever and ever Dec 18, 2008
Daily Kos: One Person's Lot is Person's Loot Dec 11, 2008
A Property Tax Cut Could Help Save Buffalo - WSJ.com Dec 7, 2008
Change.gov Dec 7, 2008
hear, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest Nov 29, 2008
Taxes and Tolls Sought in Plan to Save M.T.A. - NYTimes.com Nov 29, 2008
Trickle-Up Economics Nov 29, 2008
Dying of Consumption - NYT Nov 29, 2008
On a well-provisioned ship, how is it that 6% of us consume ~25% of the resources? Nov 10, 2008
How do we reduce the demand for energy? Nov 10, 2008
Wealth Concentration, Income Concentration, and Ups & Downs in Consumer Spending Nov 7, 2008
Americans and Mass Transit Nov 1, 2008
Spreading the Wealth Oct 30, 2008
When the rules are wrong, should we continue to play by them? Oct 28, 2008
Progress, and Poverty — how do they relate? Oct 28, 2008
I'm not thrilled with our choices in November Oct 28, 2008
Bob Herbert: A Fool’s Paradise Oct 28, 2008
Not Everyone Should Own a Home - WSJ.com Oct 28, 2008
Pew study: Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life Oct 28, 2008
Henry George was right ... Oct 15, 2008
We've made a secular religion of homeownership Oct 15, 2008
Another benefit of civilization and government Oct 12, 2008
Rich in Natural Resources Oct 2, 2008
Pulitzer Prize Winner Stresses Ethical Taxation Oct 1, 2008
When I am elected President ... Sep 26, 2008
When a mortgage rate adjusts, who gets what? (#2 in the Mortgage series) Sep 25, 2008
Let's talk about mortgages - #1 Sep 25, 2008
Democratic Capitalism ... Sep 24, 2008
We all contribute to rent. Some of us get to live off it. How does this fit with the notion that we are created equal? Sep 24, 2008
Living paycheck to paycheck, living bonus to bonus, and trickle-down economics Sep 23, 2008
An Election Season Thought Sep 22, 2008
How Much Oil Do We Use? Sep 22, 2008
Some thoughts about paying taxes... Sep 22, 2008
Vital Statistics: Your Home's 'Days Per Gallon' of Fuel Sep 22, 2008
Productive loans, vs non-productive ones Sep 22, 2008
A 21st Century Georgist in the Revised Common Lectionary Sep 22, 2008
Pres. Bush is worried about people being able to send their children to college Sep 20, 2008
The Big (and unnoticed) Winners in the Mortgage Crisis Sep 20, 2008
David Cay Johnston: The Prospering Swedes Sep 18, 2008
Finishing the Bridge Construction Ahead of Schedule ... Sep 17, 2008
Being born into the Landed Gentry is like holding the winning lottery ticket Sep 6, 2008
Gold-based lease could cause million-dollar rent hike for Forest City Enterprises Sep 3, 2008
Valuing life, and applying fiscal stimulus, and setting us all equal Sep 2, 2008
What does an infant cost a young family? Sep 2, 2008
How do people who are created equal share resources equitably? Sep 1, 2008
David Cay Johnston: Can You Hear Opportunity Knocking? Aug 26, 2008
Joe Stiglitz: Turn left for growth Aug 26, 2008
Making Work Pay Enough: A Decent Standard of Living for Working Families Aug 26, 2008
Why are the Working Poor Poor? Aug 26, 2008
Renters deserve a better shake - Boston Globe Aug 14, 2008
Advances in Local Emergency Services: How Should We Pay for Them? Aug 2, 2008
new Lincoln Institute Study — Property Tax Assessment Limits: Lessons from 30 Years of Experience Jul 22, 2008
Low Rent, East Side Location - See Landlord, if You’re Famous Jul 22, 2008
Technically Speaking, Market Analysis and Theory: Saturday AM Coffee: A Plethora of Choices, for Some Jul 20, 2008
Mandela's B-Day message: Rich should help poor Jul 18, 2008
Fannie & Freddie: Privatization of Gain, Socialization of Loss: Who Benefits? Jul 18, 2008
Leona Helmsley’s Fortune May Go to Benefit Dogs Jul 4, 2008
Bill Gates: How Can He Best Use His Wealth and Influence to Help the World? Jul 3, 2008
Be a good ancestor Jun 26, 2008
David Cay Johnston doesn't get it — yet Jun 25, 2008
CA & FL account for nearly 1/3 of mortgages in foreclosure or 90 days delinquent Jun 19, 2008
Thoughts for Barack Obama Jun 19, 2008
Halving US Poverty in 10 Years Jun 19, 2008
Luke Russert's tribute to his father: a new political party? Jun 18, 2008
Ross Perot, Back On the Charts Jun 16, 2008
The Landed Gentry Jun 16, 2008
Why did Big Russ have to work two full-time jobs? Jun 15, 2008
The Elder Economic Security Standard, new sibling to the Self Sufficiency Standard Jun 8, 2008
One Solution for Many Problems? Jun 8, 2008
Golf Courses, Assessments, Property Taxes, and Nonmembers May 28, 2008
Taxes that protect our firefighters May 28, 2008
Is LVT the answer to all our problems? May 28, 2008
Krugman: Stranded in Suburbia - New York Times May 19, 2008
The Price of Land in the New York Metropolitan Area May 15, 2008
Are Property Tax "Circuit Breakers" a 'Solution' to anything? Apr 28, 2008
Bill Batt: Property Tax Relief Measures: Answers to the "Poor Widow" Argument Apr 23, 2008
Why Smart People should shun the "FairTax" concept Apr 19, 2008
How much is your home worth? Apr 18, 2008
a tax reformer does the family 1040's Apr 18, 2008
The Purpose of Government Apr 17, 2008
Abolish All 'Taxes' - NYT Apr 17, 2008
California's Proposition 13 and Parcel Taxes: Adding insult to injury for new property owners Apr 13, 2008
Still on the mountaintop: Economically rational racism Apr 4, 2008
Bob Herbert's 3/11 column, Sharing the Pain: The "Near-Poor" Apr 1, 2008
CT: Revitalizing older cities Apr 1, 2008
Fixing Wages, and Fixing Housing Affordability — for All of Us Apr 1, 2008
Is LVT the answer? It depends what the question is. Apr 1, 2008
Working harder, making others richer Apr 1, 2008
Harvard Law, Hoping Students Will Consider Public Service, Offers Tuition Break - New York Times Mar 30, 2008
Getting Poverty Wrong, by Steven Malanga, City Journal 3/21/08 Mar 30, 2008
Is LVT the answer? It depends what the question is. Mar 28, 2008
Philadelphia, its Wage Tax and its Residents Mar 27, 2008
The Colorado Self-Sufficiency Standard, 2008 Mar 26, 2008
Connecticut: Should Cities Use a Sales Tax? Mar 25, 2008
Fixing Wages, and Fixing Housing Affordability — for All of Us Mar 25, 2008
Did someone yell "FIRE" sector? Bailouts for whose benefit?? Mar 19, 2008
Homeowner equity is lowest since 1945 Mar 19, 2008
Working harder, making others richer Mar 16, 2008
The Basis of U.S. Poverty Statistics Mar 16, 2008
Bob Herbert's 3/11 column, Sharing the Pain: The "Near-Poor" Mar 15, 2008
Fortunes Made in Real Estate Mar 14, 2008
Affordable housing — for all of us. What policies promote it? Mar 14, 2008
Closet Georgists and Georgites: Bill Buckley, and others Mar 10, 2008
Hotel Roosevelt For Sale at $1 Billion Mar 9, 2008
Affordable Family Formation and Values Voters: Social Values, or Land Values? Mar 4, 2008
CBO Study: The Deductibility of State and Local Taxes Mar 4, 2008
Financing Municipal Spending through Sales Taxes: an Inferior "Solution" Mar 4, 2008
Who Should Get the Land Rent? Mar 2, 2008
1 in 100 behind bars ... in America! Mar 2, 2008
Ricardo's Law: The Great Tax Clawback Scam Mar 1, 2008
Private (homeowner) Associations, their Private Beaches, and the Local Assessor Mar 1, 2008
Who Benefits From This Mortgage Mess — and From the Proposed Solutions? Is there an alternative? Feb 28, 2008
Americans and Golf, and the local assessor Feb 24, 2008
How do we eliminate poverty? Feb 19, 2008
Poverty is Poison (Krugman, 2/18/08 NYT) Feb 19, 2008
Robert Reich's NYT column "Totally Spent" Feb 15, 2008