Understanding Land-value Taxation
Over the last year or so there have been a number of articles broaching the subject of land-value taxation in the national press. The Economist (9th August) even suggested ‘The Read More
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2018/12/22
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2018/07/26
The End of Taxation
By Dr Peter Bowman The market mechanism provides the most efficient way of allocating the resources of an economy. Yet public services, which can count for around half of economic Read More
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2018/06/26
Mens Creatrix – The Creator Mind : William Temple and Brexit
By John Symons People debate endlessly whether or not Churchill would have supported Brexit. But what of the great man whom Churchill recommended to the King in 1942 as Archbishop Read More
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2018/06/01
Overcoming Poverty
In Progress and Poverty Henry George sought the ‘cause of industrial depressions and the increase of want with the increase of wealth’ and offered a ‘remedy’ which remains as relevant Read More
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2018/04/01
A History of Land Value Taxation in Pittsburgh
This essay on Pittsburgh by Ian Hopton follows the theme of an earlier essay on New Zealand enquiring into the reasons why clearly successful systems of Land Value Taxation were Read More
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2017/12/12
Tony Blair initiative to solve housing crisis
The Observer (3rd Dec) revealed a new initiative to tackle the housing crisis from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Blair is proposing that council tax and business rates, Read More
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2017/09/29
Would Henry George’s ‘Remedy’ help us combat today’s global crises?
In Progress and Poverty Henry George sought the ‘cause of industrial depressions and the increase of want with the increase of wealth’ and offered a ‘remedy’ which remains as relevant Read More
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2017/09/22
Economics Prizes for Anthony Werner and Fred Harrison
At a recent event, the Council of Georgist Organizations Conference, Anthony Werner and Fred Harrison were honoured for their contributions to Ethical Economics. Fred Harrison, the author of Rent Read More
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2017/08/10
Tax Reform needed to avoid another spectacular crash
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the event that triggered the 2007/8 crisis and the ensuing Great Recession. But it need not have happened. In November 1997 Fred Harrison, Read More
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2017/07/13
To Tax or to Borrow?
This is the dilemma facing the British government – and many others – as they struggle to meet the rising costs of the welfare state while trying to eliminate the Read More
