Fred E. Foldvary

- Lecturer of Economics, San Jose State University
Fred Foldvary is a lecturer of economics at San Jose State University. He received his PhD in economics from George Mason University and was a Mercatus PhD Fellow. Fred's research interests are public finance, real estate economics, and social ethics. Foldvary is known for his research on community associations, for his work on the effects of technology, and for anticipating the recession of 2008 in his 1997 article on the business cycle.
Publications & Appearances
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Fiscal principles for self-organizing cities
In ‘Self-organizing’ cities, decisions are based on the unhampered, peaceful, and honest choices of individuals, and governance
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Government Intervention Is Becoming Obsolete
Much government intervention has no economic rationale and is due instead to pressure from special interests. However, some…
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How Advances in Technology Keep Reducing Interventionist Policy Rationales
Better technology enables private enterprise to become more competitive and productive while simultaneously providing consumers with more information than they ever had in the past.