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The Hardest Tax to Collect Is the Best One: What Four African Cities Teach Us About Property Taxation

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Published: October 6, 2026 15:12

This post draws on a four-part case study series produced by the Africa Urban Lab with support from the Progress and Poverty Institute, covering property tax reforms in Addis Ababa, Freetown, Lagos, and Tanzania Mainland On the morning of August 20, 2021,…

Public Benefits and Private Profits: Negotiating Public Private Land Development and Equity in New Taipei City and New York City

https://progressandpovertyinstitute.org/public-benefits-and-private-profits-negotiating-public-private-land-development-and-equity-in-new-taipei-city-and-new-york-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-benefits-and-private-profits-negotiating-public-private-land-development-and-equity-in-new-taipei-city-and-new-york-city

Published: September 28, 2026 22:21

Not An Easy Task: Using Private Profits to Pay for Public Benefits Planners and municipalities around the globe have designed and used zoning and density regulatory tools to intensify land development and increase land value. We call this global trend the…

Part 2: What Does Economic Democracy Actually Look Like?

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Published: August 28, 2026 18:46

In Part 1 of this blog, we looked at Olivier De Schutter’s case that capitalism doesn’t fail to serve the poor by accident.  De Schutter is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. He says capitalism is structurally built…

Part 1: Reclaiming the Economy Through Structural Redesign

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Published: August 28, 2026 18:10

As the cost of living is skyrocketing, policy proposals tied to fairness and equality are making a comeback. Think about, for example, Mamdani-style socialism, a type of “consumer socialism” that attacks consumer prices through government supplied…

The Economic Injustice of Puerto Rico’s Dry Taps

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Published: August 27, 2026 14:36

Imagine living in tropic heat and going without running water for two days at a stretch. The scenario has spread to seven Puerto Rican municipalities, San Juan, Canóvanas, Carolina, Gurabo, Juncos, Loíza, and Trujillo Alto (Burgos, 2026). Puerto Rico’s…