This is what happens when infrastructure services prove not to be not up to the task – the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and its effect on land value.

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The Irish Commission on Taxation thought that LVT was too difficult for people to understand. Most Irishmen I have ever met have had a good grasp of all the ins-and-outs of betting odds, so this sounds implausible. If anyone really doesn’t understand, there is always this film from Taiwan.

These videos from Ireland are worth watching. We are not so sure about this third video, which discusses the transition to land value taxation. The proposal includes too many initial exemptions and the intention is to levy the tax on capital values, which as we have explained before, is beset with difficulties which do not apply if the tax is levied on annual values. However, there are genuine...

Fred Harrison’s latest video in his Renegade Economist series.

As predicted by Fred Harrison in his video, the Celtic Tiger economy is dead. Watch it here

Fred Harrison’s Boom-Bust theories are being used by some investors who still think they can get rich quick by playing the cycle. There is an irony here. Follow the “Read More” link to watch these videos by an investor who is upset at having sold too soon to maximise his profits and missed out on the last years of the boom. The videos give a clear exposition of the theories. On...

In this video, author Fred Harrison discusses the confidence trick that goes under the description of “progressive taxation”. It is an introduction to his book “Ricardo’s Law”, published by Shepherd Walwyn and available from Amazon. Click on “Read more” to view the video