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Tag Archives: Issue #115

Simplicity in Economics

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by Lindy Davies

Economists seem to be on a mission to maximize complexity. Things like, say, monetary policy seem steeped in cabalistic alchemy far beyond the ken of normal citizens. Continue reading …

Posted in: By the Way, Economic theory | Tagged: Issue #115, Lindy Davies

The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

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by Polly Cleveland

Humans evolved in small highly-cooperative groups. Today’s surviving hunter-gatherer societies, like the !Kung of the Kalahari or the Hadza of the Rift Valley, teach toddlers their first lesson: share everything. Continue reading …

Posted in: History of Ideas, Reviews | Tagged: Issue #115, Polly Cleveland

After the Crash: Designing a Depression-Free Economy

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review by Lindy Davies

“The new Mason Gaffney book” is a major event – well, among Georgists, anyway – and I’m going to rave about it. It’s as clear a statement as one is likely to find of a message that desperately needs hearing. Continue reading …

Posted in: Economic theory, Reviews | Tagged: Issue #115, Mason Gaffney

Letter to My Georgist Friends

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by Mark Koerner

Although I don’t call myself a “Georgist” and never have been part of your movement, I sympathize with your goals for a number of reasons, the main one being that I believe that the land value tax is far superior to the traditional property tax. Continue reading …

Posted in: Movement history | Tagged: Issue #115, Mark Koerner

The Land Question in Europe: Victim of The Great Depression and Total War?

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by Edward J. Dodson

Students of the history of the Georgist cause generally appreciate that the First and Second World Wars had the effect of diverting public and political attention from the plague of land monopoly and the solutions advanced by the successors to Henry George’s global campaign of the 1880s and 1890s. Continue reading …

Posted in: Movement history | Tagged: Ed Dodson, Issue #115

Interest, Time, and Capital

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by Fred Foldvary

The way Henry George defined “interest” in Progress and Poverty, Book III, Chapter 3, and in other works, is quite different from how the term has been used in economics and by most people in the 20th and 21st centuries. Continue reading …

Posted in: Georgist education | Tagged: Fred Foldvary, Issue #115

That ‘The Earth Belongs to Everybody’

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by Richard Giles

That the earth belongs equally to everybody is a very attractive proposition. In fact, if the earth could be owned that is the way we would like to own it. Many Georgists believe it is the way to have equal rights in land. Continue reading …

Posted in: Political Economy | Tagged: Issue #115, Richard Giles

Tax Set-Off: From Negative Gearing to Blast-off!

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by Robert Keall

The rebating or set-off of tax losses against other income, currently used to promote investment in tax-free capital gains and to reduce income tax, can as well be used to implement Resource Rentals, now! Continue reading …

Posted in: Economic theory, Implementing LVT | Tagged: Issue #115, Robert Keall

Henry George Institute Update!

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You might not expect much news from the Institute. You know us pretty well. Started in 1971. Membership organization. Correspondence courses. Ho-hum. Well, the news is that as of right now, the Henry George Institute is devising an expanded mission, and a more challenging definition of success. Continue reading …

Posted in: HGI News | Tagged: Issue #115

CGO Conference Explores Tools, Strategies, Partnerships

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While the 30th annual conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations accomplished no “outreach” on its own, it did achieve a substantial sharing of the various tools and techniques we use in our year-round outreach work. Continue reading …

Posted in: CGO News | Tagged: Albany, CGO 2010 conference, Issue #115

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