{"product_id":"with-inky-blots-and-rotten-parchment-an-explanation-of-the-land-value-tax-paperback","title":"With Inky Blots and Rotten Parchment: An Explanation of the Land Value Tax - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Hopton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI believe that in the near future, the issue of taxation will become more widely discussed at all levels of government and this will include the possibility of a land value tax (LVT). At the same time, the majority of ordinary taxpayers, who may be otherwise very well informed, have probably never heard of it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is therefore an educational book aimed at filling this gap in our knowledge. It is aimed at those people who have no particular knowledge of economics or taxation but who wish to know what LVT is and how it works. The book is based on the information and data that I have collected over many years for my website: https: \/\/landvaluetaxguide.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contemporary formulation of LVT owes its origin in the publication, in 1879, of \u003cem\u003eProgress and Poverty\u003c\/em\u003e by the American economic philosopher, Henry George. His book gave rise to a worldwide movement that reached its peak with reformist governments in the first decade of the 20th century. LVT thereafter became overshadowed by the preference of governments for the income tax and also by the organised opposition of vested interests, who saw it as a threat to their source of unearned income.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, in recent years, many economists, academics and politicians have begun to see the failures of the current neoclassical\/neoliberal economic system and are seriously reconsidering LVT as an alternative. For a list of LVT supporters over recent years refer to: https: \/\/landvaluetaxguide.com\/category\/supporters\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book comprises an introduction, thirteen chapters and three appendices with supplementary information. References are collected in several pages of endnotes and the text is fully indexed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI present the case for taxation in general as a 'good' not the 'necessary evil' that many people appear to believe. But it has to be accepted that there are good and bad taxes - measured in accordance with the degree of benefit or harm they may give rise to in their application. This book is an explanation of why LVT may be seen as a beneficial tax. I suggest that we would better understand taxes if we viewed them more as contributions towards the proper functioning of society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the explanation I make use of diagrams, which take the reader step by step through the evolution of a society from simple beginnings to the development of a complex city, how land values arise in this process, and why they become a proper basis for a system of taxation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI suggest that throughout history there have always been the same three problems that beset the tax collector: identification, measurement and avoidance. The book shows how a land value tax would be effective in resolving these three issues that remain problems to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI examine the issue of private landownership and I suggest that this has historically been the basis of much economic injustice. In England, it began with the Norman conquest and became consolidated and legitimised over the centuries, so that now the concept is virtually sacrosanct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title of the book is taken from John of Gaunt's 'sceptre'd isle' speech, in Shakespeare's Richard II, in which he laments the king's selling of land leases to finance his campaign in Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42739853983807,"sku":"9781839758249","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/08531be67d08f4f67601fd798bdfba79.webp?v=1765158033","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/with-inky-blots-and-rotten-parchment-an-explanation-of-the-land-value-tax-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}