Land and Poverty

[Critical Thinking]

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<http://freecriticalthinking.org/daily-pickings/560-land-and-poverty>Land 
and 
<http://freecriticalthinking.org/daily-pickings/560-land-and-poverty>Poverty


The role of private ownership of land and resources in creating 
poverty was identified by Henry George in his book, completed in 
1879, <http://www.henrygeorge.org/pcontents.htm>Progress and Poverty. 
It is essential reading if you want to understand the first basic 
flaw in our economic system. His work has been built upon by others 
such as Fred Harrison who provides a very accessible work on the 
subject, 
<http://freecriticalthinking.org/daily-pickings/323-the-traumatised-society>The 
Traumatised Society.



Fred, together with Peter Challen, Chairman of the Christian Council 
for Monetary Justice, held a series of conferences this year on the 
<http://freecriticalthinking.org/daily-pickings/448-theology-of-the-land-conference>Theology 
of the Land in an attempt to bring together leaders from different 
faiths to discuss the fundamental issue of land and resource and its 
destructive impact on society.



In anticipation of the conferences, Peter sent Daily Pickings an 
excellent paper by Alanna Hartzok, which provides an introduction to 
the subject of land and poverty. She puts the issue in historical 
context and highlights important relevant statements from 
Physiocrats, such as Adam Smith and Karl Marx, as well as broader 
support from Nobel Prize winning economists.



<http://freecriticalthinking.org/images/Documents/NewEconomy/AlannaHartzok_alannah.pdf>Socializing 
Land Rent, Untaxing Production by Alanna Hartzok



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