Has Srinidhi Balakrishnan, in her excellent piece on the history of Monopoly, perhaps forgotten what was the purpose of Lizzie Magie’s original board game (“Monopoly without cash? There’s an app for that”, Opinion, FT Weekend, March 8)? Magie’s product —
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Response to comment on Green Party Discord Group Comment I have to challenge the idea that an LVT “optimises land use”. It is helpful, if set at a sufficient level, to discourage things like land banking. However, the incentive it
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The Best Wealth Tax
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In an article in the Mail on Sunday, Kemi Badenoch showed she does not understand howland value arises. She wrongly claims that replacing Council Tax with a Land Value Tax(LVT) will penalise homeowners. In this, she differs from one of
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