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	Jack Schwartzman / The Moral and Ethical Basis of Georgism
		The basic moral philosophy of Georgism is that justice (the rendering to each person his or her due) underlies the principles of political science (economics).
		To be specific: Georgism examines the current scene and finds that the social malady exists because of people's failure to abide by the laws of "natural" distribution of production.
		To "cure" the economic ills of humanity, Georgism unqualifiedly advocates the removal of the "unnatural" conditions of poverty, conflict, crime, and illiteracy by means of a specific formula based on natural law.
	www.cooperativeindividualism.org /schwartzman-jack_moral-and-ethical-basis-of-georgism.html (870 words)

	Oscar B. Johannsen / Georgism: True Libertarianism
		Georgism recognizes that all men have equal rights to any and all of the opportunities of the earth in order that they may develop their faculties -- intellectual, artistic, and moral -- to the optimum degree they desire.
		In other words, Georgism advocates the individual's freedom to act, so as to avail himself of the opportunities of the earth, always, of course, with due regard to the right of others also so to act.
		Thus, Georgism could be considered synonymous with present-day libertarianism except for one essential fact: Libertarian thought, if carried to its logical conclusion, implies the establishment of a stateless society.
	www.cooperativeindividualism.org /johannsen_georgism_libertarianism.html (1024 words)

	Georgism in Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Georgism was part of the movement that gave these new classes their identity and representation.
		Georgism was crucially important in this transition, in influencing both the ways in which the freetrade and protectionist parties replaced the earlier factions, and then in turn how those parties were replaced by Labor and anti-Labor (as for convenience I must summarise the liberal and conservative parties for the moment).
		In summary of the first decade, Georgism was everywhere evident as a political and social creed but it was not, or was not yet, a political party; and already perhaps the developments that were to rule out that possibility were gaining strength.
	www.earthsharing.org.au /first30.html (3465 words)

	Critique of Georgism
		Type III Georgism seems to be based (at least in part) on principles like P3, wherein not only private owners but also common owners are entitled to reap the benefits of their ownership — and in which it is assumed that common ownership will at least sometimes be the most efficient form of ownership.
		It is indeed a general rule under Georgism that landholders will wish to reduce the positive externalities their properties emit and increase the negative externalities as much as they can get away with, because by doing so they reduce their own exposure to the single tax.
		Georgism itself seems at best morally arbitrary and sadly prone to the espousal of morally objectionable demands; in its theory it is incoherent and in its policies economically detrimental.
	www.paulbirch.net /CritiqueOfGeorgism.html (8300 words)

	The Cellar - View Single Post - Georgism
		For those of you who don't know, Georgists stupidly try to draw an imaginary line of separation between property that is created by the labor of people and that which isn't.
		The simple and undeniable truth is that classic liberalism (libertarianism) holds property ownership (regardless of how the property was created) as the most sacred of all rights because property ownership is where our rights stem from.
		Georgism is nothing more than socialism which means it's the exact opposite of libertarianism and therefore the exact opposite of freedom itself.
	cellar.org /showpost.php?p=56229&postcount=1 (178 words)

	Land (economics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because land is not produced, the market for land responds differently to taxation from the market for labor and produced goods.
		An ideally implemented land value tax would not affect the opportunity cost of using land, but would instead decrease the value of legal land ownership (see Georgism).
		Land, particularly geographic locations and mineral desposits, has historically been the cause of much conflict and dispute; land reform programmes, which are designed to redistribute geographic land, are often the cause of much controversy and mineral deposits have contributed to many civil wars, particularly in Africa.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Land_(economics) (198 words)

	LIBERTARIANISM AND GEORGISM -- THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL RELATIONSHIP
		A certain percent of those Libertarians are going to be persuadable or fairly easily persuadable that Georgism is a part of libertarian philosophy, that heretofore they have not really been true libertarians if they have been ignoring this important aspect of freedom.
		Georgism is part of the overall libertarian philosophy, and by having us Georgist libertarians reach out to our fellow libertarians, maybe we can have them carry the Georgist movement further than it has been carried.
		To conclude, I think that Georgism and libertarianism are intimately related, in that Georgism derives from libertarian philosophy.
	www.progress.org /cg/kyri7802.htm (1730 words)

	The case for Georgism - Forums powered by Reason and Principle
		His followers created a "single tax" movement to abolish all taxes other than on land value, and so that policy is usually called "Georgism," although recently his followers have come to prefer the more generic term "geoism," the prefix "geo" representing both George and land.
		Indeed, Georgism is more than a mere fiscal reform; in its full application, geoism would sweep away the welfare state and the criminalization of victimless acts.
		Georgism is not only consistent with libertarianism, but even further, a world of contractual voluntary communities would necessarily be Georgist because geoism is the most efficient and effective method of financing community services.
	www.libertyforum.org /showflat.php?Cat=&Board=rr_main&Number=292840171&view=collapsed&sb=6&o=21&part= (2561 words)

	Geonomics - where on the political spectrum ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Because Georgism has the idea that "lubricating the economy makes everyone better", you can therefore make the link that the economy, not government, is the thing which will rescue us.
		And while not a part of what seems to be "pure" Georgism, many Georgists have a "reduce government intervention" stand which seems decidely right wing.
		Georgism also decries personal income tax, considering it as "legalised theft".
	arachnid.apana.org.au /johna/george/leftright.html (264 words)

	A Critique of 'A Critique of Georgism'
		This is a response to an essay entitled, "A Critique of Georgism" © Paul Birch, 29th Aug. 2002.
		It is easy to show clear examples where the land owner and the land user are two separate and distinct entities - in the case of a strip mall, the land may be owned by one individual or corporation while the strip mall may have been built and operated by a second.
		However, it adds little to his critique of Georgism and while it may have applicability under a narrow set of circumstances, it's hardly something that would be practical for widespread use.
	www.disequilibria.com /critique1.htm (4998 words)

	American Journal of Economics and Sociology, The: Why the Georgist movement has not succeeded: a speculative memorandum ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It may be that such heterodox individuals as are attracted to Georgism are more individualist than other individuals (those, say, in more orthodox groups), and that their individualism inhibits cooperation.
		It may also be the case that, with a few possible exceptions, no one with the intellectual abilities of Henry George succeeded to the leadership of the movement.
		Georgism may not be well, but there still is life in George's venerable argument.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0254/is_3_62/ai_103239690/pg_3 (686 words)

	Land Ho’ § Unqualified Offerings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I think Georgism, as a lesser remediation, suggests that by its nature real property is the only wealth that may legitimately be taxed, and should be taxed.
		I’m no Georgist either, but I do know that the moral basis of Georgism is definitely not that ‘that if you trace the ownership of any piece of land back far enough you’ll find a crime’ in the sense of dispossession of a previous owner.
		I thought the rationale for Georgism is that a land tax is the best tax from an economic standpoint.
	highclearing.com /index.php/archives/2005/03/12/4034 (318 words)

	Catallarchy » Georgism of the Jungle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		And that is so that we can ask Bryan Caplan in person exactly what are his objections to Georgism and not have to suffer through Cowen’s obfuscations and misdirections.
		I have been thinking a lot about Georgism lately while reading about some of the 19th century radical libertarians who rejected land ownership but embraced other forms of property.
		I’m open to good arguments for that position; after all, I did become an IP skeptic, and so maybe land is somehow different from other forms of property in the same way ideas are.
	www.catallarchy.net /blog/archives/2005/02/26/georgism-of-the-jungle (908 words)

	sfweekly.com \| \| News \| By George! \| 1998-07-08 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pure Georgism would scrap income and sales tax and run a country on so-called "socialized rent," but no country has ever tried pure Georgism.
		There you might learn why privately appropriated land rent depresses wages; why labor and capital are not natural enemies; how the Depression could have been avoided; and the interesting tidbit that Willie Brown was once a member of the school's board of directors.
		Several California politicians flirted with Georgism in the early '70s, and Brown even tried, twice, to push a land-value tax bill through the state's Lower House.
	www.sfweekly.com /issues/1998-07-08/news.html (1146 words)

	EconLog, Eminent Domain and Property Rights, Arnold Kling: Library of Economics and Liberty
		Owners are taxed based on the unimproved site-value of their land, and the tax is seen as payment for the right to exclude others from the possession of something they did not create.
		Under a Georgist regime, they'd say, you'd need no eminent domain; just buy from everyone except your holdout, build 90% of the highway, then argue that the value to be added by that last 10% is so great that the site-value of the holdout's land is extremely high.
		I can't speak for Georgism, per se, but you have accurately nailed what I was thinking.
	econlog.econlib.org /archives/2005/05/eminent_domain.html (3075 words)

	Anarchist Squatting and Land Use in the West
		Georgism is an ideology which was popular in late-nineteenth century English-speaking countries, and is experiencing a resurgence in Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet republics.
		Kropotkin raises the example, pertinent though not directed against Georgism per se, of a land nationalization bill which was to be passed in the context of massive Irish rent strikes.
		Another critique of Georgism by anarchists is its use of the liberal-capitalist market mechanism of land distribution.
	www.squat.net /archiv/anders/anarchist_squatting.html (20413 words)

	Re: The Heart of Georgism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Land is not the fruits of anyone's moral labor and to demand exchange for access alone is immoral.
		It > > may even be that the economics of scale moves us in that direction.
		Georgism recognizes that people are not entitled to enslave others for personal gain.
	www.talkaboutinvestments.com /group/sci.econ/messages/175714.html (1171 words)

	Mutualist Blog: Free Market Anti-Capitalism: Almost Thou Persuadest Me: Or, Why I Am Not (Quite) a Georgist
		However, I see Georgism as yet another utopian longing that can never be a transitional strategy.
		Georgism requires that the Single Tax be adopted by the State.
		Those interested in the non-state approach to Georgism should hunt down any of the volumes of the yearly series "Enclaves of Single Tax: Being a Compendium of the Legal Documents Involved Together with a Historical Description" collected by Charles White Huntington.
	mutualist.blogspot.com /2005/06/almost-thou-persuadest-me-or-why-i-am.html (1834 words)

	Alodia: Historical Sketch.
		That georgism has never been applied to the macroeconomy of a western nation makes me wonder why it should be applied to the macroeconomy of Alodia.
		For the present we can say this: social harmony is possible in a pluralistic society that respects basic justice; social harmony is impossible in a homogenous society in which human rights are not respected.
		As I have pointed out many times, the land is and has been, for many years, in the hands of people who have been sucking a profit off the backs of villagers who once owned the land.
	www.henrygeorge.org /alodia/mosass.htm (2121 words)

	Geolibertarian - Libertarian Wiki
		Geolibertarians generally advocate distributing the land rent to the community via a Land Value Tax, as proposed by Henry George, and others before him.
		Geolibertarians are generally influenced by Georgism, but the ideas behind it predate George, and can be found in the writings of John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, Adam Smith, Thomas Paine, David Ricardo, and John Stuart Mill.
		They are sometimes classified as left libertarians, along with libertarian socialists, but could more accurately be called centrist libertarians, since they hold right libertarian views on private property in the products of one's labor, and left libertarian views on landed property.
	libertarianwiki.org /wiki/index.php?title=Geolibertarian (541 words)

	By George!
		The "Henry George way" means taxing the value of land -- not the buildings, just the lots -- with the underlying idea that land belongs to the people, so rent charged for its use should naturally go to a public fund.
		Under Georgism, the landlords would have paid Ireland for the use of its pastures, and the potato famine never would have occurred.
		Brown has since distanced himself from Georgism, though, and said there was no political will for a land tax in "the body politic.
	www.radiofreemike.com /george.html (1158 words)

	RE: how to eliminate unemployement
		A purely privatized world would be much closer to Georgism than today's world.
		Indeed, the most feasible reform towards Georgism is the privatization of civic governance.
		Presumably you do not disagree with the central aim of Georgism, free trade.
	www.mail-archive.com /armchair@gmu.edu/msg02321.html (215 words)

	American Journal of Economics and Sociology, The: 35: Neo-Georgism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If Henry George had created a system capable of withstanding a century of criticism in all its details, he would have been sui generis among social scientists and philosophers alike--not a mortal theorist but a veritable god.
		Contrary to what some people mistakenly believe, Georgism is not a cult.
		It may inspire deep loyalty and fervor, yet it maintains no establishment for the determination or preservation of orthodoxy, and many of its most ardent adherents are quick to point out their disagreements with the master.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0254/is_2_63/ai_n6094173 (1224 words)

	Ownership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nevertheless, I think Georgism is the most useful way to think about and measure the relative private and public values associated with land.
		The claim does not go away whether it is collected >privately by land ownes or by the community in lieu of taxes on income from >labor or returns to capital goods.
		To restate what I said, Georgism recognizes (as BE and neo-classicism do not) the existence of rent which it claims for the common good while driving the remaining factors to cost.
	cog.kent.edu /archives/ownership/msg04445.html (423 words)

	Disequilibria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The book does a good job of laying out the basic principles of Georgism and the concepts of land and rent.
		The main thesis of the book is that turn of the century neo-classical economists engaged in a conspiracy to silence the teachings of Henry George by redefining basic economic concepts.
		I recently stumbled upon an essay entitled, "A Critique of Georgism" and decided to write a critique of the critique.
	www.disequilibria.com /myblog (855 words)

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