The rent paid to the Single Tax Corporation by lessees includes an amount due for state, county and local taxes, plus an administration fee to operate the Single Tax Corporation office, plus a demonstration fee, intended to demonstrate the usefulness of the single tax concept. Funds from the demonstration fee are used to enhance the community by supporting such things as the public parks, the public library, the historical museum, etc. Meetings of the Executive Council are .

Henry George began a weekly newspaper, called The Standard, on January 8, 1887. The generation that abolished chattel slavery is passing away, and the political distinctions that grew out of that contest are becoming meaningless. The work now before us is the abolition of industrial slavery. A copy of The Standard is available on DVD.

Some Cook County assessments are maybe about as bad as we thought. February 15th, 2018 by Administrator. We have a new report. We get some useful detail on the bias in favor of expensive properties.

A more or less Henry George view of things. My earlier blogs,and a new one. But, as the linked article explains, similar deals are proceeding in several other countries.

You can view excerpts from the various sections of the book in the tabs above. Global poverty did not just happen. This book shows how that system came into being. It begins with a description by the director of how The End of Poverty? Link to the Film. The End of Poverty? A webs.

Opinions on Māori issues, Georgism, Politics and Law. NZ Pol and Econ Bloggers. That is, isolating them, pushing them out of the herd, ostraciz.

The dangers of a Basic Income without Land Value Taxation. By Charles Bazlinton, blogger. And author of The Free Lunch. This paper was presented at the 10. Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network. We will now closely examine the human mechanism behind the success which gives rise to land value.

Better Cities Committee of Illinois has produced the first video in a new series about the social and community benefits of collecting rent on valuable land. This video discusses the relationship between public transit and development in a suburban downtown, Evanston, Illinois. The video was produced with support from Robert Schalkenbach Foundation. Please watch our YouTube channel.