Agrarian Justice

Tom Paines Agrarian Justice (1797) continues to inspire progressive politicians today as a source of two contemporary policies Land Value Taxation and Universal (Basic) Income (Citizens Income). His starting point was the belief widespread until the end of the eighteenth century that the Earth is the common property of humankind. Rather than advocating the common ownership of land he proposed that landowners owe to the community a ground-rent the market rent of their land. He advocated that this...See More