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- Title
35 Neo-Georgism.
- Authors
Andelson, Robert V.
- Abstract
Under a Neo-Georgist regime, everybody would pay society for the use of land, according to its market value. Those who own land would pay directly. Those who do not would pay indirectly via their landlords, who would keep a small percentage of the payment as an agency or collection fee. The proceeds would be used for the purpose of general benefit in lieu of taxes on labor and capital. This contrasts with most present systems, in which people who do not own land pay twice, first to the landlord, for the privilege of using the land, and second to the government, for public services. Without neglecting the traditional emphasis on ground rent, Neo-Georgism will also focus on nonground forms of rent that have risen in prominence since the days of Henry George, rent for the electromagnetic spectrum, aircraft landing slots, patent protection, etc. Instrumental to the application of the central thrust of the Neo-Georgist program is the idea that public fiscal burdens be distributed according to the criterion of benefits received from society. The Neo-Georgist will neither claim that land-value taxation should always be the sole source of public revenue, on the one hand, nor see it, as merely a highly desirable source to be employed as one tax among many without discrimination as to their ranking.
- Subjects
GEORGE, Henry, 1839-1897; LAND use; LAND value taxation; EFFECT of taxation on land use; REAL property tax
- Publication
American Journal of Economics & Sociology, 2004, Vol 63, Issue 2, p543
- ISSN
0002-9246
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1536-7150.2004.00302.x