Comments on: This wasn’t supposed to happen in modernity

By: Integer

Integer — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:29:32 +0000

LTVfan: Thanks for the encouraging comments.

Western Confucian: Actually I don’t know much about Henry George, for example if he was an opium fiend, threw puppies off of cliffs etc., but I don’t see anything that would be contrary to either libertarian or Catholic (or Confucian) thinking in a single tax on land. Rothbard did an elaborate critique of the idea, but it was based on utility considerations, rather than a priori reasoning on rights.

By: The Western Confucian

The Western Confucian — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:36:04 +0000

I first came across Georgism when I was given a book by Fr. Reuban Archer Torrey, a reknowned American Anglican missionary in Korea. (Later my daughter, who has cerebral palsy, would be fitted with braces at a clinic in Seoul that bears his name; he dedicated himself to amputees after that war.)

I’ve read both Libertarians and Catholics recoiling at the very mention of Henry George, but I’m willing to give him a listen.

By: LVTfan

LVTfan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:24:11 +0000

In a word, Bravo!

A Georgist solution would also do very positive things to redirect sprawl back into our decaying and underdeveloped downtowns, shorten commutes, making housing more affordable, increase employment, raise wages, eliminate poverty, and capture royalties for the commons instead of gifting them to Exxon Mobil’s shareholders.

Other than that, it has little to recommend it.

You might explore my blog at http://lvtfan.typepad.com/ and two websites: http://www.answersanswers.com/ and http://www.wealthandwant.com/