by Alanna Hartzok
The Land Value Tax/Capture (LVT/C) Project, under the aegis of the United Nations Habitat Global Land Tool Network, is underway! Twelve years of persistent work of the United Nations NGO Representatives for the International Union for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade have proved to be well worthwhile. Continue reading
by Gordon Abiama
It is well known that Nigeria’s oil industry is characterized by a high level of inefficiency and massive fraud that has resulted in billions of dollars in lost revenue.
So, the recent tongue-lashing of the Nigerian government by the Venezuelan Ambassador to Nigeria, Enerique Fernando Arrundell, should not have been a surprise. Arrundell denounced the Nigerian Government’s obsession to deregulate the oil sector. Continue reading
by Alanna Hartzok
This essay is part of the readings for the online in Land Rights and Land Value Capture, produced by the Earth Rights Institute, with support and cooperation from the United Nations Habitat Global Land Tools Project. Continue reading
by Shirley-Anne Hardy
The earth… and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, from the immediate gift of the creator…. There is no foundation in nature or in natural law why a set of words upon parchment should convey the dominion of land. — William Blackstone (1723-80)
How simple, how clear — how fundamental! Thanks be to Progress of Australia for printing this powerful wake-up call on the front cover of its January-February issue! Continue reading