Fred Foldvary
He was a lecturer in economics at San Jose State University, California, and a research fellow at the Independent Institute.[1] In his PhD dissertation (George Mason University, 1992) titled "Public Goods and Private Communities", Foldvary 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.His research interests included ethics, governance, land economics, and public finance.Foldvary wrote 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.Three central and recurring themes of Foldvary's writing are the universal ethic, cellular democracy, and public revenue from land rent.