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Weld Carter: A Clarion Call to Sanity, to Honesty, to Justice
I. Historical overview
II. The problem of sprawl III. Affordable and efficient public transport IV. Agricultural benefits V. Financial concerns VI. Conclusion: A greater perspective Appendix: "Natural Capitalism" -- A Case Study in Blindness to Land Value Taxation ... It should also be noted that the advantages of LVT extend far beyond the immediate and direct contribution to environmental solutions - they give rise to economic efficiency, social justice, individual liberty, world peace, effective third world aid and more. An understanding of the nature of economic rent and rent-seeking behaviour would assist the appreciation of some points made here, but an explanation of this extends beyond the immediate ambit of this paper. This succinct summary, however, may assist: "For the failure to make people
pay
rent for access, or possession of, natural resources is at the heart of
all major environmental problems, and is the cause of some of the most
fractious geo-political problems .... There
are no remedies for the ecocrises that do not include a heightened
awareness of the value of economic rent and the process of the land
market"... read the entire article
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