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Land Value Tax

A levy on the unimproved value of land, assessed independently of any buildings or improvements. Widely regarded by economists as the least distortionary tax.

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Essays on land, tax, and the economics of a fair society.

Land Value Tax

The Housing Crisis as a Land Crisis

The Housing Ladder's Broken Promise

Landscape 6 – New Year, New Legislative Sessions and Launching the CLE Board

Will the Housing Market Crash in 2026?

Georgism through Land Leasing

Enacting Land Value Return in your hometown

Launching CivicMapper: Visualizing Land Values in 3D

The Right-wing schism over property taxes

BOOM: LVT Candidates Get Elected - Landscape #5

Book Review: The Land Trap by Mike Bird

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Champion of the Landless

Stop incentivizing surface parking lots

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