45 min
Nic Tideman - Land and Taxation 2nd edition The Shepheard-Walwyn Podcast
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Today we're speaking with the editor of the soon-to-be re-released classic Land and Taxation, Professor Nick Tideman. He edited this book with the authors Vic Blundell, Fred Foldvary, Mason Gaffney, and Fred Harrison. Nick was raised in Chicago in San Francisco. He got his first degree in math and economics at Reed College and a PhD from the University of Chicago. He's held positions at Harvard University and served as an economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He moved to Virginia Tech almost 50 years ago, where he became a full economic professor in 1985. Nick's authored over 100 professional articles focusing on public finance and improving the efficiency of public decision-making. In 2006, he wrote the book Collective Decisions and Voting: The Potential for Public Choice.
0.00 Welcome and Introduction
2.00 How did Nick get into the area of land economics and fairness?
4.00 Going to Chicago and getting advice from Milton Friedman
6.20 Life in Chicago -the bad and the good
9.15 Insights around public choice and collective decision-making.
11.50 The key to disagreeing successfully and other findings on voting
17.00 The three sources of rent
21.00 Working for Paul McCracken, top advisor to Richard Nixon
23.00 The difference between government in the 1970s and government today
25.00 What drew Nick to the book, Land and Taxation?
29.00 Why is Neo-classical economics hanging on?
35.00 The value of being closely connected
40.00 The importance of human freedom
41.00 Making decisions when information is distorted.
Get the Land and Taxation eBook (Amazon): https://bit.ly/LT2-NT
Now available in a bundle, get it with a deducted price here: https://bit.ly/swclassics
www.shepheardwalwyn.com
Today we're speaking with the editor of the soon-to-be re-released classic Land and Taxation, Professor Nick Tideman. He edited this book with the authors Vic Blundell, Fred Foldvary, Mason Gaffney, and Fred Harrison. Nick was raised in Chicago in San Francisco. He got his first degree in math and economics at Reed College and a PhD from the University of Chicago. He's held positions at Harvard University and served as an economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He moved to Virginia Tech almost 50 years ago, where he became a full economic professor in 1985. Nick's authored over 100 professional articles focusing on public finance and improving the efficiency of public decision-making. In 2006, he wrote the book Collective Decisions and Voting: The Potential for Public Choice.
0.00 Welcome and Introduction
2.00 How did Nick get into the area of land economics and fairness?
4.00 Going to Chicago and getting advice from Milton Friedman
6.20 Life in Chicago -the bad and the good
9.15 Insights around public choice and collective decision-making.
11.50 The key to disagreeing successfully and other findings on voting
17.00 The three sources of rent
21.00 Working for Paul McCracken, top advisor to Richard Nixon
23.00 The difference between government in the 1970s and government today
25.00 What drew Nick to the book, Land and Taxation?
29.00 Why is Neo-classical economics hanging on?
35.00 The value of being closely connected
40.00 The importance of human freedom
41.00 Making decisions when information is distorted.
Get the Land and Taxation eBook (Amazon): https://bit.ly/LT2-NT
Now available in a bundle, get it with a deducted price here: https://bit.ly/swclassics
www.shepheardwalwyn.com
45 min