PRESENT DOLLARS are heavy dollars; future dollars are light dollars. The effort of taxpayers to retard tax liabilities and advance tax write-offs follows as the night the day, and economists understand the rudiments of this game: taxes deferred are taxes denied. The economics profession has lagged in developing capital theory and more so in . . . → Read More: Tax-Induced Slow Turnover of Capital
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More economists than not believe that land rent has superior qualities as a tax base. Their failure to push harder for focusing more of the tax burden on land stems partly from a belief that “there is no money in it.” The following journalistic passage reflects this belief: “Authorization of the graded tax would . . . → Read More: Adequacy of Land as a Tax Base  Comments are closed  Publication  Economic Science, Land Economics -- General, Politics, Property taxation, Public finance, Tax policy |