Free The Land is a group specifically for the discussion of the philosophy of Henry George and the relation of the Land Question to wider philosophical...
Dear All, I am working on a web page on Henry George and any comments or suggestions would be welcome. http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~alfar2/george.htm Good...
Dear Mark, Thank you very much for your comments. Yes, Henry George goes far beyond reform of taxation, and I believe that without seeing the larger vision of...
Very well-done. I'm adding a link to it on my site. I think there are some HG books available online you might want to link to, but I don't recall the URLs....
Kevin Carson
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Jul 15, 2003 4:05 pm
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I am wondering if any of us have considered Henry George's understanding of the natural evolution of society, and how the ownership of land always brings it to...
Good question, Joseph. Rent seeking throws a wrench in the works in two ways: 1. Paying rent to private landlords takes fruits of labor and gives nothing back....
I seem to remember, from my distant reading of "Progress and Poverty", that in the final chapters he suggests that man is on the verge of a new level of ...
Andrew Johnston
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Oct 19, 2003 6:15 pm
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These things are true of all forms of privilege and parasitism. Anytime the state intervenes in the market, and benefits one person at another's expense, the...
Kevin Carson
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Nov 4, 2003 5:29 pm
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I would agree with Kevin here that all forms of monopoly distort the Pareto optimal of the free market. These seem obvious pitfalls to me in light of the...
Brian Edwards
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Nov 4, 2003 7:16 pm
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I suspect that, as you suggest, Brian, that a lot of disciplines are involved in coming to a general understanding of the nature of society in order to begin...
Dear Group, As I am new to the group I should first introduce myself: My name is firas, and I am studying economics at graduate level, after having studied...
Dear Firas, I have been meaning to reply to your excellent message but have been very busy and cannot do it justice at the moment. I will try to get round to...
Likewise, I have been wanting to write something on Ontos for 2 weeks without success due to lack of time! I think I might manage this evening at last. Thanks...
The Diggers' Song The World Turned Upside Down In 1649, to Saint George's Hill A ragged band they called The Diggers came to show the people's will They defied...
Thank you, Mark, for these songs too. I never knew there were such land songs around. Yet there simple truth shows that justice can be seen by all, if they...
Regarding your last point, I think in a lot of Third World societies, the land-owning nobility were really equivalent to "tax-farmers," collecting tribute (and...
Kevin Carson
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Dec 11, 2003 5:46 pm
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Dear Kevin, Thanks for clarifying things. Yes, the state is indeed the central actor of the land grab: it is the state that changes the law to enable it to...
I just put up a *very* rough draft of the theoretical chapters of *Studies in Mutualist Economics* at my website: ...
Kevin Carson
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Dec 22, 2003 11:13 pm
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... You're right in rejecting a vulgar Marxist determinism in relations between class interest and consciousness. There are examples (for exampe Tolstoy) of...
Kevin Carson
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Dec 24, 2003 4:35 pm
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I recently read an article by David Bertelsen here: http://solohq.com/Articles/Bertelsen/Hey_Greenie,_Wanna_Get_Rich.shtml ...
... I agree. ... Not necessarily. Most interest is a monopoly return on capital, resulting from government laws that privilege the owners of capital against ...
Kevin Carson
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Mar 23, 2004 5:57 pm
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I just found this and thought it would be of interest. (Excerpt) “Voting is a solution to the problem of turning individual preferences for different...
Free The Land is a group specifically for the discussion of the philosophy of Henry George and the relation of the Land Question to wider philosophical...
I've just added almost three draft chapters to the Mutualist Economics manuscript at my website. http://www.mutualist.org/id47.html The chapters posted,...
Kevin Carson
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Jul 27, 2004 1:10 am
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Thank you Kevin for the link. Best wishes, Joseph ... Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). ...
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