by Richard Giles
For a century now the Georgist movement has dropped what was originally named the “single tax” and adopted “Land value taxation.” There are some who think that the two concepts are really the same. However, there is a difference. Continue reading
by Richard Giles
Robert Andelson’s influential 1986 book Commons Without Tragedy was inspired by Garrett Hardin’s famous essay “The Tragedy of the Commons” (1968). Andelson wrote that “with respect to the tenure of land, the differences between Hardin and George are merely verbal.” Continue reading
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
by Richard Giles
Recent attempts at legislation to tax minerals in Australia (iron and coal) :have highlighted ambiguity in the term “economic rent.” Several Australian Georgists seem happy to follow conventional usage, and call economic rent a super profit. Continue reading
by Richard Giles
The Georgist movement is indelibly linked to ‘the single tax’. It remains as a hope even to those who now only promote land value taxation. It is not an exaggeration to say that many become and remain Georgists simply because they are convinced of the merits of ‘the single tax’. Continue reading
by Richard Giles
Traditionally, common land has been regarded as free for everyone touse. Now, tolls, and/or congestion charges, are operating on many roads, beaches, beauty spots and national parks throughout the world. Continue reading
by Richard Giles
The Robert Schalkenbach Foundation recently made a film. While $800,000 was committed to the film, it does not mention LVT as a solution to poverty. The RSF Program Director, Clifford Cobb [on the “Land Theory” email list], explains the decision this way. “The general theme of the movie is that world poverty is caused by powerful interests that can be traced back hundreds of years to colonial practices that include slavery, destruction of indigenous Continue reading