*Taxation
Restoration of a Two-Party System
The Republican Party as it was once constituted by certain principles and beliefs has ceased to exist. From the time of its founding by Lincoln in 1854, it had always stood for certain principles and beliefs, even when these changed. The Republican Party was initially… Read More »Restoration of a Two-Party System
A Land Value Tax Can Decrease Residential Crowding, Alleviate Epidemic Disease
It is always a fraught exercise to try to anticipate the overall impact of an event before that event has even concluded, and so it is with COVID 19. However, this has not stopped plenty of people from trying. A growing chorus seems to be… Read More »A Land Value Tax Can Decrease Residential Crowding, Alleviate Epidemic Disease
Does economic shutdown allow a reset on policies to make housing affordable?
Kelly Doran, a prominent Minneapolis housing developer, argued in a recent op/ed that with the current economic shutdown, the city’s “inclusionary housing” regulations that require market rate developments to include a percentage of affordable units should be eliminated. He says that such requirements, along with the difficulty… Read More »Does economic shutdown allow a reset on policies to make housing affordable?
What is Rent?
The current attitudes toward government and its accompanying fiscal malaise can be explained in good part by the groundswell of resentment people feel about paying taxes. The dilemma has its roots, I believe, in the economic paradigm dominating public thought and discourse for the past… Read More »What is Rent?
The Role of Debt Cancellation in Implementing Land Value Taxation
Nicolaus Tideman image: Daniel Thiele on Unsplash In ancient Sumer, it was customary for a new monarch, upon ascending his throne, to cancel the debts of farmers to their landlords.[1] (The debts of merchants to one another, however, were not canceled.) The Hebrew Bible establishes a similar economic… Read More »The Role of Debt Cancellation in Implementing Land Value Taxation
Compensating for Lost Revenue During COVID 19
by Fred Foldvary and Nicolaus Tideman Governments owe compensation for the losses that individuals and companies incur from the temporary shutdowns that they, these governments, have imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The compensation they owe must be on-going compensation rather than the one-time… Read More »Compensating for Lost Revenue During COVID 19
COVID-19 factors of production
The COVID-19 pandemic and the containment measures taken to control it likely will be together the seminal economic events of a generation, surpassing the financial crisis of 2008 and rivaling stagflation in importance. Indeed, unlike 2008 and like stagflation, this crisis is manifesting as a… Read More »COVID-19 factors of production
Will Cryptocurrencies Force Land Value Taxation?
By Frank de Jong “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ~ R. Buckminster Fuller Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, are a form of anonymous, electronic currency that is not backed by… Read More »Will Cryptocurrencies Force Land Value Taxation?
