Land Value Taxation: The "Progress and Poverty" Centenary

Richard W. Lindholm and Arthur D. Lynn, Jr., Editors

Published for the Committee on Taxation, Resources and Economic Development by The University of Wisconsin Press

• Jacket Notes
• Title Page
• Contents
• Contributors
• Discussants
• Preface

I. THE BASICS OF HENRY GEORGE'S PHILOSOPHY

• Kenneth E. Boulding:
  A Second Look at Progress and Poverty
• Weld S. Carter:
  An Introduction to Henry George
• Comment Centered on Land Speculation

II. LAND TAXATION REVENUE POTENTIAL

• Introduction
• Shawna P. Grosskopf and Marvin B. Johnson:
  Land Value Tax Revenue Potentials: Methodology and Measurement
• Mary Miles Teachout:
  Defining and Measuring Land Value -- A Progress Report
• Richard w. Lindholm and Robert G. Sturtevant:
  American Land Tax Roots: Plus Experimentation in Oregon
• Ronald B. Welch:
  Land Value Taxation: Administrative Feasibility -- Retrospect and Prospect
• Comment Centered on Land Valuation

III. IMPACT OF THE USE OF LAND AS A TAX BASE

• Introduction
• George F. Break:
  Henry George and Tax Reform -- 100 Years Later
• Alan R. Prest:
  United Kingdom Land Taxation in Perspective
• Mason Gaffney:
  Two Centuries of Economic Thought on Taxation of Land Rents
• Arlo Woolery:
  The Fairhope, Alabama Land Tax Experiment
• Matthew Edel:
  Capital, Profit, and Accumulation: The Perspectives of Karl Marx and Henry George Compared
• Comment Centered on Economic Reform and Future TRED Topics

• Index