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The Center for the Study of Economics is a 501(c) 3 organization that educates and implements, where appropriate, an economically viable Land Value Tax policy.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined January 2011
Ohio Lawmaker Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Enable Land Value Tax Shift https://t.co/YRSF50QWjo via @LinkedIn
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Senator Lewis Blessing Senator Lewis Blessing of the Eighth District (Hamilton County) introduced legislation that would permit the taxation of land values in certain Ohio communities. If implement...
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Check out my latest article: HB 78: A Pro-Housing Tax Reform Maryland Should Embrace https://t.co/M0OH37KMuf via @LinkedIn
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January 24, 2026 Maryland’s HB 78 is a straightforward, pro-growth reform with an outsized upside: it gives Baltimore City and any county the option to tax land at a different rate than buildings....
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Check out my latest article: Land Value Tax Enabling Bill Lands in New Hampshire https://t.co/Jlk6vIM1DG via @LinkedIn
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This article is about HB 1417 new legislation in New Hampshire to permit land value taxation
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There's a healthy number of nihilists in Ohio state government. Getting rid of the property tax begs the question: what's going to replace it? Catastrophe portends; we suggest exempting all structures from tax. Retain the tax on land values. Ohio lawmakers send to DeWine four
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Republican sponsors said the four property tax bills add up to $2 billion in tax relief, but opponents said they were rushed and lawmakers could do more for Ohio homeowners.
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Great illustration. What sense does it make that the owner-occupied property's land gets taxed at more than double the others. This is why a land value tax is often preferred to eliminate disparity
In what world are the huge disparities in these land assessments justified? Four of these five parcels are identical in size, and yet the only owner-occupied home here is paying tax for land valued over 700% higher than the empty parcel next door. I picked this block at random.
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A parcel of land that is identical in every way to the one next door is worth less? Does not compute.
Great illustration. What sense does it make that the owner-occupied property's land gets taxed at more than double the others. This is why a land value tax is often preferred to eliminate disparity
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A new report finds Baltimore's vacant land is undervalued by as much as $484 mil by state assessors. Fuels the argument for a land value tax vs the way it's done now to create a more equitable tax system
State chronically undervalues vacant land in Baltimore, report finds
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We can also add a carrot, don't tax buildings either existing or planned. Clare Auctioneer Claims Residential Zoned Land Tax Already Returning Land To Housing Market https://t.co/hAQX5vSbeJ via @ClareFM
#LVT #Georgist
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Clare Auctioneer Claims Residential Zoned Land Tax Already Returning Land To Housing Market - News % Clare FM
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When in doubt, Henry George Will be the road. Spokane eyes new tax model to drive down rates while incentivizing construction https://t.co/3CenVgnK94
#LVT #Georgist #LandValueTax
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(The Center Square) - Spokane residents pay property taxes every year, just like the rest of the state, but the city council is looking at a new model to spur
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A new op-ed in the Philly Inquirer broaches LVT (Again!)! https://t.co/44xIsIf6gK
#LVT #Georgist #LandValueTax
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Philadelphia, land value tax LVT Written By Joshua Vincent Shifting the Philadelphia property tax from the standard and corrosive one to one that rewards community building and repels speculation in...
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Now all we need for the UK and itssuffering communities is the will from the party that calls itself Labour. https://t.co/E4bqAHkFgJ
#LVT #LANDVALUETAX #Georgist
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Once the challenge of transitioning to a tax on land value is overcome, other issues become much easier
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This is how land tax IS supposed to work. Repelling "investors," lowering prices, and encouraging homemaking! https://t.co/X6u2uPLjmw.
#LVT #GEORGIST LandValueTax
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Check out my latest article: Cities must start embracing reassessments. https://t.co/p0bm0VfloF via @LinkedIn
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Recently, Rochester, New York, underwent the usual controversy over a property reassessment, with elected officials demanding a pause in the reevaluation because it was "unfair and inequitable."...
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While the world waffles and weakens, lvt continues its quiet presence in Taiwan. https://t.co/SW3DCvCwhF
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Can't get enough of Ireland's fake economic data. Legendary country.
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LVT! Britain’s inefficient and unfair property levies need reform https://t.co/pMnJoZg4PY
#LVT #georgist #landvaluetax
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Council tax, stamp duty and business rates stifle productivity and hold back the economy
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Can LVT save the world? Or at least break the shabby fantasy of enrichment on fractional hectares of land? https://t.co/SV31BGeTj6
#georgist
#landvaluetax #LVT
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