Problem solvers and supporters
Kidane Hiwot No man can control nature or universal law, neither ‘Men seeks to gratify their desires with the least exertion.” Nor no power can refuse when gravitated by earth. Only the creator has...
Socializing Land Rent, Untaxing Production
Alanna HartzokEarth Rights Institute This paper begins with a statement of considerable relevance to the topic from the foundingdocument of UN-Habitat. Foundational terms and concepts are then defined, essential for comparing classical economics with...
Tax Regimes that Don’t Invite Corruption
H. William Batt, Ph.D., Board of DirectorsRobert Schalkenbach Foundation, New YorkInternational Union for Land Value Taxation, LondonInternational Journal of Transdisciplinary Research The cost of compliance, evasion, and corruption in the collection of taxes is...
We face a land crisis, not a housing crisis
By Dr. Justin Robins, Vice Chair Labour Land Campaign, Letter to the Editor in The Guardian Sam Bowman (The big idea: could fixing housing fix everything else, too?, 17 January) is quite right in...
Government Policy on Extra-Judicial Killings
By Charles Avila STATEMENT OF CHARLES AVILA, CHAIRMAN OF THE LAY SOCIETY (LSSAJ LAY SOCIETY OF SAINT ARNOLD JANSSEN) ON MAY 27, 2018 REGARDING THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY ON EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS Authority must enact and...
Painless Taxation
By H. William Batt Real tax reform could do away with those taxes that are resented by the large proportion of our population. We could replace all taxes on wages and on interest by...
The Merits of Site Value Taxation
By H. William Batt Three arguments for the application of site value taxation are normally offered in contemporary political discussion. It addresses the problems of 1) the burdensome structure of current taxes, whether on...
Value Capture as a Policy Tool in Transportation Economics
An Exploration in Public Finance in the Tradition of Henry George By H. William Batt Value capture is a means by which to finance capital infrastructure, particularly transportation services, in a way that allows...
Exploring innovative strategies for local infrastructure financing through value capture
By Rose Waweru Kenya Master’s Program in Urban Management and Development October 2006 – September 2007 Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya is divided into 20 planning zones. The history behind the development of...
Thailand’s Land and Building Tax: A Challenging Fiscal Situation and Its Solution
By H. William Batt Robert CPG Online Magazine, Issue 1, 2018 As the year 2017 ended, the government of Thailand was in the process of implementing a nationwide real property tax – generally referred...