Reed Schwartz
reed-schwartz.bsky.social
Reed Schwartz
@reed-schwartz.bsky.social
Wesleyan → Cambridge intellectual history @reedschwartzsf
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I wrote for Asterisk Magazine about the *other* outsider politician who unites Silicon Valley billionaires, Zionists, and the American Right: Henry George.
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The Georgist Roots of American Libertarianism—Asterisk
Few thinkers have been championed by such a wide range of political coalitions, from American Progressives to Taiwanese anti-communists, early zionists to the global Green Party. So how did American l...
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Sam Altman’s promotion of Henry George’s land tax reflects a surprising revival of Georgism in Silicon Valley. Our essay of the week traces how anti-statist thinkers reappropriated George’s critique of rentier capitalism.

By @reed-schwartz.bsky.social in @asteriskmag.bsky.social

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July 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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There may be only one policy proposal that @maxspeak.bsky.social and Mike Duggan (and I!) agree on -- a land value tax.

Henry George for New York City open.substack.com/pub/sawicky/...
Henry George for New York City
Location, location, location
open.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I wrote for Asterisk Magazine about the *other* outsider politician who unites Silicon Valley billionaires, Zionists, and the American Right: Henry George.
asteriskmag.com/issues/10/th...
The Georgist Roots of American Libertarianism—Asterisk
Few thinkers have been championed by such a wide range of political coalitions, from American Progressives to Taiwanese anti-communists, early zionists to the global Green Party. So how did American l...
asteriskmag.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Jane Jacobs on her research process: "I picture myself as a caterpillar munching, munching, munching, munching away in a forest, digesting all kinds of leaves, and in the process being informed of what's there."
February 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM