Site values grow as the result of community activity – new roads, transport links, shops, offices, policing and other services. So why should the community not be repaid for the benefit it creates for the landowner? An Land Value Tax (LVT) on economic rent – the amount of money the land would generate if leased – is the only fair way to ensure social justice. Dave Wetzel, Vice -Chair of Transport for London, and Chair of the Professional Land Reform Group and the Labour Land Campaign, proposes an LVT that would replace many existing taxes – one that would be good for business, good for those struggling to buy houses, and good for the Chancellor.
2006 Cafes
- The effect of 7/7 on the Muslim community in Britain: from the inside
- Progressive politics in France in European context
- The social production of Natural disasters
- Social Europe and the work/life balance
- On to Iran?
- The rise of America’s theocratic right: democracy in peril
- Big Pharma: corporate wealth versus public health
- The Evo Morales election victory: what does it mean for South America?
- Water and Politics: The power and the fury
- India, the mysterious miracle: Is there an ‘Indian model’ of development?
- Why subsidise rich landowners? It’s time for a land value tax
- Undermining global security: Arms brokers and military supply chains
- The Thames Gateway: A breakthrough or a catastrophe?
- Afghanistan: Towards a new Jihad?
- British ‘No’ and French ‘Non’: Europe’s greatest threat?