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Land Use and Taxation

Applying the Insights of Henry George

Edited by H. James Brown

June 1997, English

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy


Can today’s policy makers and researchers effectively draw on the ideas of 19th-century philosopher Henry George to help solve 21st-century problems? This compendium presents eight essays by scholars who demonstrate that many of George’s ideas about land use and taxation remain valuable today. Policy makers still face Henry George’s fundamental challenge—to balance private property rights and public interests in land.


Table of Contents

Introduction

H. James Brown


How to Treat Intellectual Ancestors

Robert M. Solow


Capturing Public Value from Public Investments

H. James Brown and Martim O. Smolka


Volatility, Speculation, and the Efficiency of Land Markets

Karl E. Case


The Centralization and Decentralization of Government and Taxation

Dick Netzer


Land Use and Taxation Issues in Developing Countries

William A. Doebele


Ethical Issues in Land Policy

C. Lowell Harriss


Private Land and Public Values

Daniel W. Bromley


Henry George, Property Rights, and Taxation

Joan M. Youngman


Keywords

Henry George, Land Value, Land Value Taxation, Land-Based Tax, Property Taxation, Taxation, Value Capture, Value-Based Taxes