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@benlockwood The environmental movement is just a negative application of the labor movements principle that workers ought to get the fruits of their labor. Nature isn’t the fruits of anyone’s labor, but everyone has an equal claim to it including future generations. #HenryGeorge had the right idea.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@jlou/115339814897664687
Georgism and property theory contradict anti-taxation views. Land services and natural resources aren’t the fruits of anyone’s labor, but their use is a negative fruits of everyone’s labor. Taxation compensates for these liabilities everyone has.
Economists use efficiency criteria to judge capitalism, but I question those criteria. A system isn’t efficient if it doesn’t distribute its gains broadly.
#Georgism #Georgist #economics #econ #capitalism #capitalist #TaxationIsTheft
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Interesting short write up from 1957 of the #Fairhope Alabama #SingleTax company, a successful long term #Georgist effort. The writers note that it is boring because it is so successful. https://cooperative-individualism.org/progress_review-of-paul-alyea-fairhope-the-story-of-a-single-tax-colony-1957-jul.pdf #equity #Georgism #Alabama