tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post5141896278933466562..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: 2014 Index of Economic FreedomMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-32001281166165723442014-05-31T18:42:32.372+01:002014-05-31T18:42:32.372+01:00@MW Quite, but it is no worse than letting Indian ...@MW Quite, but it is no worse than letting Indian princes and large local landowners squeeze the rent out of the ryots/peasants then see them get up armies to rebel.Fortunately, these armies were highly mercenary so could be bribed to stop fighting, as Clive managed at Plassey.<br />Progress/Prosper (Australia?) calls Sir Stamford Raffles one of its "Geoists in History".He was steeped in East India Company doctrine. DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-6244225199250702082014-05-31T12:26:43.847+01:002014-05-31T12:26:43.847+01:00DBC, I checked, Texas doesn't have state corpo...DBC, I checked, Texas doesn't have state corporation tax either. <br /><br />PL, Gib land ownership and tax systems are surprisingly similar to HK or Singapore, i.e. fairly Georgist.<br /><br />DBC, yes, but if an imperialist wants to get as much out of his colonies as possible, declaring your self the owner of the land and charging rent/LVT is the way to do it.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-16867024821634568362014-05-31T09:48:05.464+01:002014-05-31T09:48:05.464+01:00You have to wonder how much Ricardian theory was i...You have to wonder how much Ricardian theory was in play in Imperial circles.JS Mill's "Political Economy" was required reading at Haileybury (and he was ensconced at the India Office)and there is evidence of officials in India quoting "landlords profit even in their sleep" at each other.There seems to have been a definite school of thought that the best system for India was state ownership of land with peasant proprietors paying rent directly to the State.JS Mill seems to have thought the same system should apply to Ireland. Since Admiral Tirpitz was steaming out of Tsingtao Harbour high on Georgist land tax, it may be that action on rising land values was on the Imperialist agenda.<br /> It may be that the land tax wave has been and gone, rather than being forever in the future.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-3877362535898009302014-05-30T20:46:09.362+01:002014-05-30T20:46:09.362+01:00I hadn't realised until this week (when I ende...I hadn't realised until this week (when I ended up doing a bit of research, following the trend-bucking Lib-Dem landslide), that Gibraltar has a similar approach to land tenure to Singapore; small pockets of historical freehold exist, but government policy is to make land available on leases of no more than 150 years.<br /><br />It would be interesting to see how a separate assessment for Gibraltar compares to the UK.Paul Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201807319614893054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-31949944535696111232014-05-30T10:43:55.059+01:002014-05-30T10:43:55.059+01:00Texas doesn't levy an Income Tax plus seven ot...Texas doesn't levy an Income Tax plus seven other American states. This bloc tends to whack corporations.<br /> People from Louisiana are moving over the state border apparently. DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.com