Land-economics Quote by Martin Adams

“Property taxes - particularly those which tax only or primarily the land and not the improvements - are the closest approximations we have today…

— Martin Adams

The tax upon land values is the most just and equal of all taxes. It falls only upon those who receive from society a…

— Henry George

“Whenever land is bought and sold, three stakeholders automatically vie for a cut from the revenue that can be had from land: the community,…

— Martin Adams

All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. . .…

— Aldo Leopold

“How can we share the gifts of nature? By sharing the monetary value that human beings assign to nature. The fundamental thing we need…

— Martin Adams

I have seen that community and a close relationship with the land can enrich human life beyond all comparison with material wealth or technological…

— Helena Norberg-Hodge

“Human beings need land even more so than they need money; the monopoly of land - not the monopoly of money - is the…

— Martin Adams

That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of…

— Aldo Leopold

When people, land, and community are as one, all three members prosper; when they relate not as members but as competing interests, all three…

— Wes Jackson

Some foreign investors accuse us of being unfair to shareholders by using our resources for community development. Yes, this is money that could have…

— Ratan Tata

“That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of…

— Aldo Leopold

What private property does is connect effort to reward, creating an incentive for people to produce for more. Then, if there's a free market,…

— John Stossel