“One way for communities to create affordable housing is for local communities to adopt land-use rights. Local governments or community land trusts would provide financing to homebuyers, who would then make land contributions on their properties in perpetuity. As a… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“In theory, capitalism is an economic system that allows people to freely trade goods and services in a competitive free market. But since the… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“What causes recessions? Many economists talk about the need for a consumer economy, but we can't have a consumer economy if people can't afford… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“The ability of individuals to extract wealth from society by profiting from land also leads to cultural degeneration and a loss of social cohesion… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“Progressive taxes are inherently flawed in that they fund public services which are often location-dependent, thus adding to the value of owned land. Thus,… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“Our inability to share the gifts of nature causes much suffering in the world today... We mistakenly believe that a free market should allow… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“In order for our land contribution model to be complete, we have to consider two more aspects of affordable housing. First, we have to… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“Due to its inherently limited supply for each location, land obtains its value from the natural, social, and cultural wealth that exists in its… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“Markets are free when human beings have equal opportunities to influence the production and trade of desirable goods and services... Some people attain market… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“The Law of Rent demonstrates that no single human being gives land and location its overall value - its rent. Land values arise from… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“It's important to distinguish the value of raw land from the value of improvements made to land. Land values are socially generated and belong… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“Economists Mason Gaffney and Fred Harrison claim in their work The Corruption of Economics that industrialists toward the end of the 19th century may… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
“Tax systems are essentially the mechanisms by which societies decide what people have to share with each other versus what they can keep for… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
