I retired from a secure, well-paid job as a lecturer at the University of Leeds and began farming full-time. After 26 years of farming in Fife I am supposed to pretend that our farm business
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AGR includes natural resource rents such as those deposited in Norway’s $1tn oil fund
When considering AGR, do bear in mind that the $1tn Norweigian Oil Fund is composed of AGR in the form of oil rents. Just one strand of Annual Ground Rent, the equivalent of which has
Continue ReadingLand Tax best for farmers – and everyone else too
In his letter published in this week’s Scottish Farmer, Fife farmer and economist, Duncan Pickard, highlights misconceptions in Reading University’s report to the Scottish Land Commission on Land Value Tax, and explains why land rent
Continue ReadingPeople’s Budget No. 3 Insanity at HM Treasury
Nick Macpherson (now Lord Macpherson) came out as a proponent of the land tax (AGR/LVT) at a Resolution Foundation conference in London in October 2018. But his advocacy of the policy over three decades at
Continue ReadingA proper Christmas present please
Allowing land speculation is what makes homes unaffordable. It’s a choice. One much favoured by those keen to continue extracting socially produced wealth at the expense of those who do not own sites. For Christ’s
Continue ReadingAGR/LVT offers to add £100bn to Scottish GDP by 2030
Even with limited devolved tax varying powers Holyrood could add £100bn to Scotland’s GDP by 2030. Sadly, without reform we’ll be lucky to see an increase of £20bn. AGR/LVT please.
Continue ReadingPeople’s Budget No. 2: The Scottish Budget
peoplesbudget2.web The distortions affecting society and the economy from Wednesday’s Scottish budget are considerable and avoidable. What is the public pricing mechanism that would render budgetary expenditures self-funding, so that the money does not have
Continue ReadingThe DW Index: a replacement measure for GDP
Economist Fred Harrison and SLRG propose a better measure than GDP, which is rightly derided on all sides as a poor measuring tool for economic health.
Continue ReadingSLRG’s Professor Roger Sandilands talks to Scottish Government economists on AGR/LVT
SLRG’s Professor Roger Sandilands’ presentation on AGR/LVT to Scottish Government employees on 19 October went well. Here is Professor Sandilands’s 29-slide Powerpoint presentation. Edinburgh powerpoint presentation (r), Oct 2018 70 Scot Gov economists and other employees
Continue ReadingThe Harrison Model
Are people killed being by misguided tax policies in 21st century Britain? Explaining premature deaths by zone has been the subject of a lifetime of study by economist Fred Harrison www.sharetherents.org. For example, if you
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