Ekonomiska cykler är markvärdescykler
En beskrivning av markvärdets roll i de ekonomiska konjunkturcyklerna. Mer information på www.landskatt.se och www.workandwealth.com
The Internet is changing
The internet is subtly changing. The Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Times are now behind paywalls and give limited free access. The Guardian adopted a different strategy with free access and a comments page called “Comment is Free” (CIF), paid for out of advertising. The quality of the articles is middling-to-poor, and they are mostly written by the Guardian’s old...
High speed rail – who will benefit?
Pro-HS2 research group Greengauge 21 says it thinks the rest of the country will benefit more than London from the high-speed link.
Monopoly is theft
Article in Harper’s Magazine on the history of the game.
Crossrail bonanza for landowners
Crossrail could help create £5.5 billion in added value to residential and commercial real estate along its route between 2012 and 2021 according to new research for Crossrail by GVA, the UK’s largest independent commercial property consultant.
According to the Crossrail web site, “The report illustrates how Crossrail will have a marked impact on a number of central London and suburban...
£1.3bn compensation scheme revealed for HS2
The Government has announced its planned compensation package for properties affected by the proposed £17bn high speed rail link between London and Birmingham. It could result in a payout of up to £1.3bn, yet campaigners have argued it is still not enough.
Keep the suggestions coming
Some ideas for a change of name. Here are a few that have turned up…
Should we change our name?
This is a question that comes up from time to time. We have never been satisfied with the name we have inherited. Land value taxation (LVT) is not a tax but a user charge. The principle is that people pay for what they get and get what they pay for, so there is no free riding. Our proposal, in short, is for an annual ad valorem tax on the annual rental value of land. It is not a one-off payment,...
In the spirit of open discussion – not
I see that Tax Research is doing a great job in promoting free and open discussion. I received a reply in response to something I had sent to Richard Murphy, reinforcing a point he had made on VAT fraud. Back came this response. Just like this
The wickedness of Tax Justice
Some further thoughts on my post from yesterday on Richard Murphy’s new comments policy.