Meanings
plural Georgists
- A supporter of Georgism.
Whether you’re a conservative aspiring to create a property-owning democracy, an anarchist who believes all property is theft, or a Georgist campaigning for land value tax, the first step is finding out who owns it all currently.
2017 March 20, Guy Shrubsole, “Utopian thinking: to ‘take back control’ of England, we must find out who owns it”, in The Guardian1 more example
“He’s gone on a journey from being more sympathetic to anarcho-capitalist thinking to Georgist-type thinking,” says Glen Weyl, an economist who is one of his close collaborators, referring to a theory that holds the value of the commons should belong equally to all members of society.
2022 March 18, Andrew Chow, quoting Glen Weyl, “The Man Behind Ethereum Is Worried About Crypto's Future”, in Time, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2022
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Georgist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Georgist
“Georgist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Georgist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Georgist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Georgist.
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