Fred Emanuel Foldvary(May 11, 1946 – June 5, 2021) was a lecturer ineconomicsatSan Jose State University,California,and a research fellow atThe Independent Institute.He previously taught atSanta Clara Universityand other colleges. He was also a commentator and senior editor for the online journalThe Progress Reportand an associate editor of the online journalEcon Journal Watch.He served on the board of directors for theRobert Schalkenbach Foundation.[1]
Fred Foldvary | |
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| Born | May 11, 1946 |
| Died | June 5, 2021 |
| Alma mater | George Mason University(PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and academic |
| Employer | Santa Clara University |
Work
editIn hisPhDdissertation (George Mason University,1992) titled "Public Goods and Private Communities", Foldvary applied the theory ofpublic goodsandindustrial organizationto refute the concept ofmarket failure,including case studies of several types of private communities. His research interests includedethics,governance,land economicsandpublic finance.
His support ofgeolibertarianism(alibertarianideology which embraces theGeorgistphilosophy of property) and hisadvocacyofcivil libertiesandfree marketshave gained him a place of high visibility in the geolibertarian movement.[2]In2000,he ran forCongressin California's 9th District as aLibertarian.[3]He received 3.3% of the total vote to finish third among the four candidates on the ballot.
Foldvary wrote on topics including endingslavery in chocolate plantations;agreen tax shiftto protect the environment while enhancing the economy; reformingdemocracywith small-group voting; and solvingterritorial conflictwithconfederationsand thepayment of rent for occupied land.Three central and recurring themes of Foldvary's writing are theuniversal ethic,cellular democracy,andpublic revenue from land rent.
Foldvary focused on short economic cycles of four years and major cycles of 18-20 years. In 1998, he predicted the next major economic downturn would be in 2008,[4]as well as a short downturn in 1999 or 2000 due to theYear 2000 problem.In 2007, Foldvary published a booklet entitledThe Depression of 2008.[5]In a 2011 paper,Mason Gaffney,Professor of Economics atUC Riverside,criticized the economic community for excluding and ignoring Foldvary.[6]
Personal life
editFoldvary lived in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
Death
editFoldvary died, aged 75, on June 5, 2021.[7]
Books
edit- The Soul of Liberty(1980) The Gutenberg Press.ISBN0-9603872-1-8.
- Public Goods and Private Communities(1994)Edward Elgar PublishingISBN1-85278-951-4.
- Beyond Neoclassical Economics(1996) Edward Elgar PublishingISBN1-85898-395-9.
- Dictionary of Free Market Economics(1998) Edward Elgar PublishingISBN1-85898-432-7.
- The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How Technology Affects Old Policy Issues(ed., with Daniel Klein, 2003)ISBN0-8147-4777-9.
- The Depression of 2008(2007) The Gutenberg Press.ISBN0-9603872-0-X.
See also
editNotes
edit- ^"RSF Biographies".Archived fromthe originalon 2019-01-22.Retrieved2019-06-13.
- ^Foldvary, Fred E. (2002)"Geoism and Libertarianism".Archived2012-11-04 at theWayback Machine,ProgressReport.org.
- ^"Fred Foldvary 2000 – Libertarian for Congress".Hometown.aol. Archived fromthe originalon September 18, 2008.Retrieved2014-10-15.
- ^Foldvary, Fred E. (1998)"Will There Be a Recession?".Archived from the original on November 23, 2001.Retrieved2017-10-07.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)ProgressReport.org. - ^"Fred Foldvary".Foldvary.net. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-10-19.Retrieved2013-03-26.
- ^Gaffney, Mason (2011), "An Award for Calling the Crash".Econ Journal Watch,Volume 8, Number 2, pp. 185–92
- ^Adams, Martin (July 22, 2021)"In memory of Dr. Fred Foldvary".
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