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New Life in Old Cities: Georgist Policies and Population Growth
New Life in Old Cities Georgist Policies and Population Growth Author:Mason Gaffney In the period 1890 to 1930, the Georgist movement inspired a large — number of civic leaders-mayors, assessors, governors, congressmen and — others-to implement Georgist policies in a number of US and Canadian — cities. That is, in order to encourage development, they reduced or — eliminated assessments on buildings and increased assessments on land... more ».
They used land revenues to provide low-cost, high-quality public
services. Where implemented, these policies resulted in rapid
population growth. Gaffney examines the cases of New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit,
Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and Other Cities, from 1890-1930.
Lew Rockwell columnist James Leroy Wilson lauds Gaffney's study at "The Partial Observer," concurring that, "the land value tax was the key to urban revival a century ago, and if implemented today it would go a long way toward solving many of our domestic problems."
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