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Tax and spend, crony capitalism and the peasant revolt
by Edward Harrison
Let’s veer into the political economy today, a sort of third rail of market and economic commentary. The reason I want to discuss it is the tax grab contemplated by the Biden Administration in the US…
Land Value Tax Calculator Technical Report
By James Cusick
ABSTRACT
The Henry George School’s land value tax calculator is an interactive tool designed to help researchers, policy makers, educators, and students to explore and understand the relationship between land dimensions expressed in acres and land values in the United States. Additionally, the tool allows for the dynamic exploration of varying tax rates to determine target land tax values. This report summarizes the tool.
A Georgist perspective for addressing San Francisco’s budget shortfalls.
To Plug Budget Hole, San Francisco Should Look to the Past
By Ibrahima Drame and Alan Tonelson
INTRODUCTION
Although its economy and therefore budget situation have brightened faster than expected since the worst of the Covid 19 pandemic, and the new American Rescue Act will actually wipe out most of its short-term deficit, like most American states and cities, San Francisco’s fiscal challenges are far from over. Indeed, without major policy changes, the city can expect a future dominated by bad financial choices for controlling its chronic budget shortfalls: broad-brush growth-killing tax hikes, deep services cuts, or some combination of both. Just as important, the resulting vise will do little more than keep San Francisco running in place. Most hopes for addressing pressing unmet needs will be squeezed out…
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