GoKawiilGeorgist land value tax gains ground five years after ACX book review
Lars Doucet, author of the original ACX review of Henry George's Progress and Poverty and its follow-up series, revisits his arguments five years later. He notes that land value tax enablement laws have passed in two U.S. states this year, and that leaders sympathetic to LVT have been elected in the UK and South Korea. Doucet now works full-time for the Center for Land Economics and writes for the Progress & Poverty Substack.
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The update suggests Georgist ideas, once a niche economic theory, are gaining institutional traction in real policymaking rather than remaining purely academic debate. Doucet's career shift into full-time advocacy indicates growing organizational support for land value tax reform, though whether these legislative and electoral developments translate into meaningful tax policy change remains to be seen.
- Land value tax enablement laws passed in two U.S. states in the past year
- LVT-friendly leaders were elected in the UK and South Korea
- Author Lars Doucet now works full-time advocating for land value tax reform
Progress and Poverty by Henry George — This is the very book at the center of the article's discussion of Georgism and land value tax. Reading George's original 19th-century arguments firsthand gives essential context for understanding today's LVT policy debates.
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Published there as: “Does Georgism work? Five years later”
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