We envision a world where economic opportunity is abundant, special privileges are eliminated, and everyone shares equally in the value of the Earth.
Summer Conference 2026We believe that structural poverty, housing scarcity, environmental degradation, and economic instability all stem from a single root cause: the private capture of Unearned gains arising from nature and from value created by the community as a whole.economic rent.
Geoism proposes a rational shift in public finance: Pay for what you take, not what you make. We advocate collecting location values The value of land based on its location: access to infrastructure and community surroundings, excluding buildings, improvements and the owner's efforts. and resource rents The surplus profits from the extraction of natural resources. to fund public goods.
To connect scholars, advocates, and activists to build a world grounded in equal rights to nature, economic justice, and individual liberty.
Geoism is a social philosophy — rooted in the ideas of Henry George Henry George (1839 – 1897) was an American political economist, social philosopher and journalist. His writing was immensely popular in 19th-century America and sparked several reform movements of the Progressive Era. and other liberal thinkers — that seeks to address social problems at their source rather than merely treating their symptoms. It rests on the fundamental principle that each person has the right to what they produce, and an equal right to the Earth and its natural opportunities.
Governments today tax productive activity, discouraging work and enterprise. We advocate abolishing taxes on labour and trade. Instead, public revenue should be collected from Unearned gains arising from nature and from value created by the community as a whole.economic rent, including The value of land based on its location: access to infrastructure and community surroundings, excluding buildings, improvements and the owner's efforts.location values. We also advocate for full compensation of externalized costs The hidden costs and risks of goods that are borne by society or the environment. so that prices reflect true cost and to ensure long-term ecological balance.
We propose sharing global resource rents The surplus profits from the extraction of natural resources. so that every human being receives their equal birthright to the Earth.
Resources that are not scarce should be freely accessible. By removing tax burdens on production and ending monopolies, we foster genuine free enterprise, abolish privileges, and encourage voluntary cooperation. Individuals and communities are given more opportunities to self-organize and become independent from both governments as well as corporate power.
Every person has an equal moral claim to the Earth and the value derived from it.
Individuals should be free to shape their own lives, work, and communities.
Institutions should reward effort and cooperation, not privilege or extraction.
Social progress emerges from voluntary association and mutual support.
Natural resources belong to everyone and must be used wisely and sustainably.
We reject ideologies that undermine equal rights and engage in constructive debate.
We pair inspiring moral vision with rigorous reasoning and practical policy design.
We ground our work in scientific analysis, evidence, and intellectual honesty.
The Geoist Network is a global community of researchers, advocates, and activists transforming individual efforts into a coherent global movement.
We build infrastructure—(online) events, working groups, and collaborative projects—to connect Geoists worldwide.
We communicate principles to scholars, policymakers, and the public to advance Geoism from obscurity to mainstream appreciation.
We cultivate spaces for rigorous discussion, policy design, and empirical research to strengthen our intellectual foundations.