I.U. Sponsored Projects July 2024
International Union for Land Value Taxation Sponsored Projects as of July 2024
Henry George’s Perspective on War and Peace
By ALANNA HARTZOK ABSTRACT – This essay examines Henry George’s perspective on war and peace. With justice added to the foundation in the way that Henry George proposes, the conditions of inequality and conflict...
World Bank Land and Poverty Conference
Social justice, urban renewal and development, the provision of decent dwellings and healthy conditions for the people can only be achieved if land is used in the interests of society as a whole….Excessive profits...
Socializing Land Rent, Untaxing Production
By Alanna Hartzok Abstract: This paper begins with a statement of considerable relevance to the topic from the founding document of UN-Habitat. Foundational terms and concepts are then defined, essential for comparing classical economics...
Baltimore Thrive Presentation to the International Union for Land Value Taxation
Report on the Baltimore Thrive Land Value Tax implementation project by team members Vanessa Beck, Mike O’Mara and Alanna Hartzok. Participants included members of the International Union for Land Value Taxation from five continents.
Economics of War and Peace
(starts at 19 minutes) – Part 1 of this two-part series presented by Alanna Hartzok and Ellen Brown. Powerpoint and narrative built around Four Charts describing how the guns and violence of the war...
Class and Race Viewed through a Land Lens
A sweeping overview of centuries of the land problem from England to the United States, its impact on class and race, and how this is relevant to wealth inequality and other social problems today....
Tax the land
One radical idea to solve America’s housing crisis. By Jerusalem Demsas @JerusalemDemsas Mar 4, 2022, 10:10am EST on Vox A six-word phrase keeps popping up on my Twitter feed: “Land value tax would solve this.” In...
Andy Burnham’s land taxes plan to pay for Northern Powerhouse Rail should be explored, says Patrick McLoughlin
New Transport for the North chair Patrick McLoughlin says the idea of using Hong Kong-style land taxes to fund the expansion of the Northern Powerhouse Rail route merits serious consideration – but admits some...