Background
Foldvary, Fred Emanuel was born on May 11, 1946 in Haifa, Israel. Son of Otto and Tina (Klein) Foldvary. came to the United States, 1952.
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Do public goods and services, such as streets, parks and dams have to be provided by government? In Public Goods and Private Communities, Fred Foldvary's innovative application of public choice and social choice theory to questions of urban economics shows how collective goods can be provided by agents in a market process. Rejecting the market-failure hypothesis, Dr Foldvary argues that an entrepreneur can provide collective goods by consensual community agreements. Instead of studying particular services, as previous studies have done, this book concerns itself with entire private communities. A series of case studies demonstrate how real world communities, such as Walt Disney World, the Reston Association in Virginia and the private neighbourhoods of Saint Louis, are in fact financing their own public goods and services in accordance with this theory. For such communities to rise and prosper, the author contends, government must eliminate zoning and many other restrictions, as well as the taxation of private services. After considering the implications of his work for urban economies - at a time when many of America's cities are plagued by decay, violence and poverty - Dr Foldvary argues that prosperity can be restored to cities if private communities are allowed to develop. As an original response to an urgent, contemporary problem this well-written book will be welcomed by social scientists, policy makers and business leaders seeking solutions to problems of urban decay.
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Foldvary, Fred Emanuel was born on May 11, 1946 in Haifa, Israel. Son of Otto and Tina (Klein) Foldvary. came to the United States, 1952.
In his Doctor of Philosophy 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.
He previously taught at Santa Clara University and other colleges. He is also a commentator and senior editor for the online journal The Progress Report and an associate editor of the online journal Economy Journal Watch. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
His research interests include ethics, governance, land economics and public finance.
In 2000, he ran for Congress in California"s 9th District as a Libertarian. He received 3.3% of the total vote to finish third among the four candidates on the ballot.
Foldvary has written on topics including: ending slavery in chocolate plantations. A green tax shift to protect 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.
In 2007 Foldvary published a booklet entitled The Depression of 2008.
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His support of geolibertarianism (a libertarian ideology which embraces the Georgist philosophy of property) and his advocacy of civil liberties and free markets have gained him a place of high visibility in the geolibertarian movement.
Chairman Libertarian party, Alameda County, California, 1981-1982. Member American Economics Association, Congress Political Economists, Common Ground Virginia.
Married Janet Waara.