John, I suspect that if what you say is true, a
Georgist bridge could be built between BE and Social Credit. It would be
interesting to see what Ed Dodson has to say about such a bridge.
Ed here:
I spend much of my professional career working to promote
public/private partnerships, put together below-market rate financing packages
for community development initiatives and affordable housing developments.
What this taught me is that we need to use a wide range of tools to meet
specific societal objectives. It is clear to me that different
circumstances warrant different approaches. I do feel strongly, however, that
the work of economists will only become valuable to the process if they return
to use of land as a factor of production with very distinct characteristics
from labor and capital goods and credit markets.