Progress and Poverty · Concept
The Single Tax on Land Values
Proposes that taxing only the value of land (rent) is the just and efficient remedy to abolish poverty, stimulate production, simplify government, and restore economic equality.
Proposes that taxing only the value of land (rent) is the just and efficient remedy to abolish poverty, stimulate production, simplify government, and restore economic equality.
Proposed as the simple and just method to abolish other taxes and restore common rights to land, benefiting all classes.
The chapter presents the Single Tax as the comprehensive remedy for poverty and inequality, arguing that taxing land rent would fund public services and eliminate the need for other taxes.
The chapter proposes the single tax on land values as the remedy, arguing that it would abolish all other taxes and restore natural justice by making land common property.
The chapter concludes that the necessary social regeneration is encapsulated in the motto 'Land and Liberty!' hinting at the single tax remedy.