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- Title
The Single Tax in Montreal and Toronto, 1880 to 1920: Successes, Failures and the Transformation of an Idea.
- Authors
Levine, Gregory J.
- Abstract
This article focuses on a debate over the Single Tax in Canada during the period of 1880 to 1920. The Single Tax proposal, that is, a tax on land value and land value alone, was an attempt to alter society's tax base, The Single Tax movement of Canada as that of the United States, arose in response to the problem of great poverty in the midst of a burgeoning industrialism. Founded by Henry George in the 1880s, the movement attacked land monopoly seeing land speculation and control as the toot of contemporary poverty. Henry George and his followers demanded a Single Tax on land to eliminate the problem. Gradually the movement became a tax reform measure and some of the implications of its underlying philosophy were lost. In Montreal, the Single Tax seemed to have little appeal to labor and none to capital. When it first appeared, the Single Tax was perceived as very radical and, like socialist philosophy, was shunned by the Church and this, in turn, likely affected public perception. In contrast, Toronto's Single Tax movement was Very influential. Philosophically the movement attracted many who saw landlordism as a scourge upon society.
- Subjects
CANADA; SINGLE tax; REAL property tax; LAND value taxation; POVERTY; GEORGE, Henry, 1839-1897; LOCAL taxation; LAND economics
- Publication
American Journal of Economics & Sociology, 1993, Vol 52, Issue 4, p417
- ISSN
0002-9246
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1536-7150.1993.tb02566.x