Georgism holds that land and natural resources belong to everyone, so the value of land should be taxed and shared while the fruits of labor and capital stay untaxed.
Key thinkers:John Rawls, Albert Camus, Thomas PaineTake the test and your match with Georgism shows up here. It is worked out in your browser and never sent anywhere.
Following Henry George’s 1879 book Progress and Poverty, Georgists propose a land value tax in place of taxes on work, trade and buildings. Because land is limited, they argue, its rising value is created by society rather than by the owner.
Supporters see it as a way to reduce speculation, lower housing costs and fund public goods without discouraging production.
The ideas that most people in this tradition would sign up to.
It comes from the 19th-century American economist Henry George, whose ideas had a large following around the world in the 1880s and 1890s.
Thinkers whose documented positions on the 12 axes align most closely with this ideology.
Harvard political philosopher · 1921–2002
An American philosopher who proposed that just institutions are those people would choose behind a veil of ignorance, with equal basic liberties and inequalities only where they help the worst off.
“The Law of Peoples outlines a realistic utopia of decent, non-aggressive societies.”
French-Algerian author · 1913–1960
A French-Algerian writer who wrote on the absurd and on revolt, broke with the communist left over its tolerance of terror, and opposed the death penalty.
“Democracy as a system built on humility and dialogue that curbs the temptation to tyranny.”
Pamphleteer & revolutionary · 1737–1809
An English-born pamphleteer whose Common Sense and Rights of Man argued for American independence, republican government and public provision for the poor, and whose Age of Reason attacked revealed religion.
“Uncompromising advocate of universal suffrage, representative republic, and overthrow of hereditary rule.”
These are its strongest leanings, followed by all twelve axes. They describe the typical version of the tradition.
Leans very strongly toward Democratic
90% toward Democratic
Leans strongly toward Freedom
80% toward Freedom
Leans strongly toward Globalism
80% toward Globalism
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