... And business spends more on land than on anything but labor (capital is third). A business that does not own the land under its premises is many times...
... But almost all official valuations grossly undervalue land. BC Assessment has among the most accurate valuations in the world, and land is nearly _70%_ of...
... While we need to know all parts -- the more, the merrier -- our audience doesn't even know rent exists or how we use the word. Any candidates for a better...
... hear, hear! ... Like Confuscious said, "he who defines the terms, wins the argument." We haven't won too many arguments lately -- or even had our arguments...
... Major point. ... Is that my potential rent (a site not being paid for) vs kinetic rent (the actual flow)? ... Within academia, that is probably true. ...
... Prof. Tideman may be a great thinker, but you would not know it by such an obviously false claim. Annual land price increments are driven by changes in...
... That is probably not from Confucius, but is very true nonetheless. The definitions of the terms determine what can be said, and even what can be thought....
... Why be wedded to only that means? What about leasing public lands? Hong Kong seems a decent starter model. What about making the deed fee annual and full...
... Or, to be neutral, not pro-government (pro politician and bureaucrat), nor anti, either, how about sharing Earth's worth in lieu of taxing and subsidizing....
... What if it makes me miserable but makes those we need on our side happy? See how I want Georgists to look at this? And how they don't? Can any Georgist say...
... Yisroel, you're right. That gets chalked up on the plus side. And it's the one tax that can meet all of Adam Smith's or anyone's tax criteria. But if we're...
Jeff, I'm about to go after Rothbard's paper on the single tax. The funniest part of it is where Rothbard points out that after rent has been collected there...
Jeff, Perhaps. But, do remember you are capitalizing rack-rents, which are far above actual rent - the advantage to urban sites provided by the surrounding ...
Quoting Harry Pollard on Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:40:41 -0700: ___Harry___ on reflection, I think that we may be responsible for Rothbard's error. If we think in...
Is it just me, or is Jeffery engaging in a number of interesting email discussions with several people, but somehow only his responses to their messages end up...
Forwarded at Yisroel's request; I hope the cross- posting doesn't bother the moderators overmuch. Please note I only post text (and explicit attachments, but...
... Hear, hear! And ignoring price also makes rent realer, something rent needs to become, if people are to see it. And ignoring tax, too, would make rent...
... It's not just you. Excessive cross-posting is not allowed on most lists. It's confusing to the list members, and it's unfair to non-members who cannot...
... I also think that public collection of rent will cause an overall reduction in rent for a particular community. Looking at the von Thunen rent model,...
... Wasn't his main point that transportation costs and site values exist in equilibrium? If so, then more efficient settlement pattern, cutting transpo costs,...
... No, rent rises with greater productivity and less deadweight loss. ... Speculation increases site prices more than site rent, as the rent has to be paid by...
... Right. ... Wrong. You are falling into Harry's error of considering only urban land. You can't find the margin by looking only at urban land. Untaxing...
Do you know of any incidents of oppression against either Georgism or Georgists or taxing land, beyond acts against land reform in general? In rough...
Some might find the following of some interest and usefulness. The statement below comes from a document prepared in March 1934 by the Liberal party in Britian...
... An understanding of von Thunen's rent theory and model is essential. It is futile to apply axioms based on observations made in today's system to a full...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Perhaps my fellow Georgists from the UK can tell me whether this is useful: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (46) The U.K. Parliament should offer to...
When I arrived in 1948, that was my Party. The radicals - many rather gray or white - were still in the Liberal Party. I fear that has somewhat changed. Harry ...
Mark, What other collectibles - other than land - are you thinking of? You said: "Most of the leveraged credit has been used to buy land, fuelling the land...
