{"id":4788,"date":"2017-06-06T19:44:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T19:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=4788"},"modified":"2017-09-29T22:55:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T22:55:57","slug":"robert-stark-interview-jeffery-j-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=4788","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark interviews Jeffery J. Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Perfect-Timing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4789 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Perfect-Timing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"x_w--current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progress.org\/authors\/jeffery-j-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JEFFERY J. SMITH<\/a>\u00a0published\u00a0<em>The Geonomist<\/em>, which won a California GreenLight Award, has appeared in both the popular press (e.g.,<a href=\"http:\/\/truth-out.org\/author\/itemlist\/user\/45736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>TruthOut<\/em><\/a>) and academic journals (e.g., USC&#8217;s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www-pam.usc.edu\/volume3\/v3i1tn1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Planning and Markets<\/a>\u201d), been interviewed on radio and TV, lobbied officials, testified before the Russian Duma, conducted research (e.g., for Portland&#8217;s mass transit agency), and recruited activists and academics to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.progress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Progress.org<\/a>. A member of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isecoeco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Society for Ecological Economics<\/a>\u00a0and of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mensa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mensa<\/a>, he lives amidst the beauty of Northern California. Jeffery is currently Chief Editor at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.progress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Progress.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Topics:<\/p>\n<p>Jeffery Smith&#8217;s new science fiction novel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Perfect-Timing-Jeffery-J-Smith\/dp\/154532607X\">Perfect Timing<\/a>\u00a0about time travel to a future society<br \/>\nHow the book conveys the tone of Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide, offers insights like Stranger in a Strange Land, and presents an upbeat alternative to Brave New World<br \/>\nThe theme and implementation of a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/basicincome.org\/news\/2017\/05\/new-novel-perfect-timing-jeffery-j-smith\/\">Basic Income<\/a>\u00a0in the future society<br \/>\nWhy a basic income is\u00a0necessary and ways to implement it<br \/>\nThe artificial notion of the work week and the book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Overworked-American-Unexpected-Decline-Leisure\/dp\/046505434X\">The Overworked American<\/a><br \/>\nThe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Post-scarcity_economy\">Post-scarcity economy<\/a>\u00a0and how the surplus of wealth is concentrated in the top 1%<br \/>\nThe theme of Utopia; Aldous Huxley&#8217;s utopian novel\u00a0<a>Island<\/a><br \/>\nThe future society of Geotopia, the theme of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ecotopia\">Ecotopia<\/a>, and the book\u00a0by\u00a0<a title=\"Ernest Callenbach\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Callenbach\">Ernest Callenbach<\/a><br \/>\nEcological based economics;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/steadystate.org\/herman-daly\/\">Herman Daly&#8217;s Steady State Economics<\/a><br \/>\nGeonomics, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgism\">Georgism<\/a>, and the land value tax<br \/>\nHow a land value tax is different from a property tax and leads to more efficient land use<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.progress.org\/articles\/city-densityfriend-of-trip-efficiency\">City Density\u2014Friend of Trip Efficiency<\/a><br \/>\nThe book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Better-NOT-Bigger-Control-Community\/dp\/189740803X\">Better NOT Bigger: How to Take Control of Urban Growth and Improve your Community <\/a><br \/>\nJeffery Smith&#8217;s upcoming book on measuring the indicators of land value<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4788-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Jeffery-Smith.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Jeffery-Smith.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Jeffery-Smith.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Jeffery-Smith.mp3\">Click Here<\/a> to download!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artrstark\/\"><span style=\"color: #1a0dab;\">This show is brought to you by Robert Stark&#8217;s Paintings!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"75RF3EG8CMWVE\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; JEFFERY J. SMITH&nbsp;published&nbsp;The Geonomist, which won a California GreenLight Award, has appeared in both the popular press (e.g.,TruthOut) and academic journals (e.g., USC&rsquo;s &ldquo;Planning and Markets&rdquo;), been interviewed on radio and TV, lobbied officials, testified before the Russian Duma, conducted research (e.g., &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=4788\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robert Stark interviews Jeffery J. 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