John Stewart is the author of three historical novels: The Centurion, The Last Romans and Marsilio, In Prime Minister and two companion novels, Visitors and The President, he turns his attention to the present time and explores the contemporary relevance of a reform advocated at the beginning of the 20th century by leading politicians and

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‘Let’s seize this moment to raise a cry for that greater vision — of an economy that lifts us all towards a future worth fighting for.’ From avaaz.org. Avaaz.org is an online, global community of people that is dedicated to moving the world’s economy forward with their ‘Jobs and Justice’ campaign. In the second week in

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‘…which are the least bad taxes? In my opinion, the least bad tax is the property tax on the unimproved value of land, the Henry George argument of many, many years ago.’ Milton Friedman The recent publication of the Mirrlees Review highlights the urgent need for simplification of the British tax system. The Review calls

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This article was originally printed in ‘Land and Liberty’, published by the Henry George Foundation. John Stewart is the author of three political novels: Prime Minister, Visitors, and The President, in which he explores the contemporary relevance of Land Value Taxation. He has also written a biography of Andrew MacLaren MP, Standing for Justice. WITH

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John Clare: Voice of Freedom by R.S. Attack John Clare was highly affected by the Enclosures Movement, which consolidated the old strip-farming systems into larger units and removed the people’s rights to common land. In the process, families were dispossessed. Clare’s own experiences of living off the land and his distress at moving from place

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Fred Harrison, author of Boom Bust: House Prices, Banking and the Depression of 2010, talks to Claer Barrett, Associate Editor of Investors Chronicle, in an online magazine produced with Property Week Global Interactive. Fred talks about his prediction of the current economic crisis and discusses what he thinks will happen next to global property markets,

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In The Possibility of Progress (Shepheard-Walwyn, 2005), Mark Braund argues that conventional politics has become increasingly unable to address the concerns of ordinary people. He puts forward a genuine alternative which combines the dynamism of the free market with the ideals of socialism; a new approach to economics which promises fair shares for equal effort

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Phillip J Anderson, author of The Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking, was interviewed on Sky News Business Australia’s programme Switzer (15th September 2010). Phil discusses the book, the current state of the property cycle and what this means for investors, and explains the importance of David Ricardo. On The Secret Life of Real

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