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This is an oversimplification. Density in fact makes public infrastructure more efficient and more predictable. As Mason Gaffney notes in his article, "Containment Policies for Urb…

This piece is kind of embarassing. It certainly attempts to lump a lot of blame on the feet of LVT, which is not too surprising given the author has a history of hostility to the i…

Indeed, in fact when it was up to the people, they preferred the Unimproved Value method. See for example https://landvaluetaxguide.com/new-zealand-experience/ "In a general observ…

Assessors observe market activity. The 'purchase price' when you buy land is based on the highest and best potential use of land. The "Land Value Tax" merely appropriates this obse…

"Tax is someone taking money by force" "Robs you of assets faster the more valuable it is" "random person will dictate what you owe" https://www.iaao.org/ and just like today, you …

That's how externalities work. It isn't particularly a 'fine dependence' or driving people toward owning massive quantities of land. If you buy those things then you paid for them …

This is true, however it was still a property tax (appreciation of course is due to land but the disincentive on improvements is still there), it was poorly administered (long peri…

Henry George recognized that there were benefits to private control, security of tenure, productivity, etc. These ideas were well recognized by classical economists/liberals, Locke…