Tax lessons for governments from Henry George

Tax lessons for governments from Henry George

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Are people Keynesians here?

Price deflation is a much better metric to measure societal wealth. A decreased CPI literally entails increased prosperity.

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Boeing’s big bet on Australia’s MQ-28

Superannuation is complicated. A guaranteed government income in retirement would be simpler

Creativity is an atheistic white supremacist new religious movement espousing white separatism, antitheism, antisemitism, anti-Christian sentiment, scientific racism, homophobia, and religious / philosophical naturalism. It has been classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Geo-syndicalism: "[...] be an effort to gain sovereignty on behalf of tenant unions, ending their status as unions, and claiming their status as community land trusts"

TIL The Catholic order of the Jesuits managed to create what is described as a "socialist Theocracy" among native Americans living near the Rio de la Plata, they also armed the native Americans with then modern weaponry to defend themselves against incursions by slave traders into their territory.

'Protection or Free Trade' is a book published in 1886 by Henry George, who argued that tariffs kept prices high for consumers, while failing to produce any increase in overall wages. Much of the book was devoted to attacking privileges, such as land monopoly, which stood against "true free trade"

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Henry George and Political Ideologies

Political Economy Compass that I made two years ago, wanted to share again now that we have more people

Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality

Why dingoes should be considered native to Australia despite originally being introduced by humans

The economy:

The Rentenmark was backed by a national mortgage on all productive (agricultural and commercial) land, and its acceptance as legal tender by the population of Weimar-era Germany left to a quick end to the hyperinflation of the early-1920s.

The Rentenmark was backed by a national mortgage on all productive (agricultural and commercial) land, and its acceptance as legal tender by the population of Weimar-era Germany left to a quick end to the hyperinflation of the early-1920s

Would a land-backed currency work?

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Ekranoplan KM-1 during tests on the Caspian Sea

One underrated aspect of LVT is that it would likely encourage siteowners to invest more into the value of improvements