Simon Patten on Public Infrastructure and Economic Rent Capture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2795385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Hudson (0000-0002-9785-4664, Development Fund, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 874-903 |
| Publication date | 2011-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2011.00797.x |
| OpenAlex | W1566782636 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 12 |
Reflecting the Progressive Era's reform agenda Simon Patten (1852-1922) argued that freeing markets from one source of economic rent (by taxing land rent) would merely leave the surplus to be taken by other monopolists and rent extractors (railroads, Wall Street trusts, and basic privatized utilities). To prevent unearned income (economic rent) from adding to the economy's cost of living and doing business, potentially rent-yielding infrastructure should be kept in the public domain as a "fourth factor of production." Instead of rentiers making a profit by charging access fees and user fees, the return to public investment should take the form of reducing the economy's overall price structure
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |