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Land is just one (the most historically significant) of the factors that should be charged a Single Tax. Others are perhaps even more important in a modern econ
by andrepd 1y ago
Land is just one (the most historically significant) of the factors that should be charged a Single Tax. Others are perhaps even more important in a modern economy: natural resources (minerals, water), and crucially externalities in general (pollution, other abstract societal harms).
- beeflet 1y agoit's not really a "single tax" then is it? I agree but some things like pollution are hard to quantify.
- kemotep 1y agoThe Single Tax is just that. And extracting (or not extracting) natural resources off the land would either count towards or against the unimproved land value depending on how we value it in that specific context. The second tax you bring up is pigouvian sales taxes and those should absolutely be implemented. They are the second least bad kind of tax. But of course the Two Tax Movement is not what Georgism is referred to as.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoYeah. It's not 1900 anymore; value doesn't primarily come from land. So in today's economy, for example, maybe we should tax patents, copyrights, and domain names. These days, those things are more important than land.