“Fred Harrison claimed in his book Ricardo's Law: House Prices and the Great Tax Clawback System that property owners are generally able to clawback their cumulative income tax payments through gains made from land values, while renters are financially penalized… — 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
