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[Fred Harrison @geophilos]

Sharon White, chair of John Lewis, the mega UK store owned by employees, wants govt to replace the property tax with a land tax. Pity she didn’t promote this reform while a senior civil servant in HM Treasury. https://t.co/2XH3CQonlr

[EconomicswithJustice @EconJust]

@geophilos Unfortunately no access!

[EconomicswithJustice @EconJust]

@bryankav123 A really good man who understood LVT perfectly. RIP Mason.

[EconomicswithJustice @EconJust]

@ancient_anarchy @HenryPryor @thetimes Buildings would not be subject to LVT. It is the value of the land which is created by the presence of the community that provides the natural fund for government revenue.

[EconomicswithJustice @EconJust]

@LovellPropguru @HenryPryor @thetimes LVT would not apply to buildings only the value of the land: It is the land value that is created by the presence of the community.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The #COVID19 crisis is an unprecedented wake-up call.

We need to turn the recovery into a real opportunity to build a better future.

On this #EarthDay, join me in demanding a healthy and resilient future for people & planet.

[Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg]

I intend not to keep tweeting about #coronavirus.
But emergency legislation outlawing evictions and mortgage foreclosures and giving local authorities power to commandeer empty homes for rough sleepers should be a no-brainer.

[EconomicswithJustice @EconJust]

Next term our Worldwide Economics with Justice Introductory Course is offered FREE.
What are the principles upon which a Just and fair economy could be based?
There are three new groups with limited spaces available. Why not join in now?

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

"We can save the world"

Meet Michele Gentile, an Italian bookshop owner who lets kids trade plastic bottles for free books (🎥: @CaterinaVilla)

[EconomicswithJustice @EconJust]

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[Fred Harrison @geophilos]

To build humane future, understand the present; which means knowing the past. The UK is exceptional. Its seminal history helped shape today’s US/China dispute, Africa’s depletion, Islamic world’s chaos, and much else. Shameful episodes need forgiveness. Global unity needed.

[Doing Things Differently @dtdchange]

Youth climate strikers:
'We are going to change the fate of humanity'
At least 500 protests across 50 nations on 15th March
https://t.co/kLe0UtJs2k #SchoolStrike4Climate
#SchoolStrike
#FridaysForFuture
Will you be there?

[Fred Harrison @geophilos]

UK Parliament should accept the May EU deal, with its notorious Irish backstop. Then empower Ulster to adopt the Hong Kong fiscal model: replace deadweight taxes with Annual Ground rent.. Explosive growth follows! EU would be furious, and forced to negotiate mutually good deal.

[Scottish Land Revenue Group 🔰 @agr_slrg]

Of the £36bn+ lost to Scots each year by bad taxes, YOU, Holyrood (thank you, Devolution) are responsible for £12bn. You can sort that right now. The other 2/3 of the damage is chosen for Scots by Westminster. You going to keep 100% of these AVOIDABLE deadweight losses, Holyrood?

[Scottish Land Revenue Group 🔰 @agr_slrg]

DEMAND
Holyrood, we demand that you calculate and publish the deadweight loss (aka excess burden) inflicted on Scots by each tax you collect in Scotland.
Our economists compute at least £36bn of avoidable losses on Scots in 2019 alone.
That is misgovernance. AGR/LVT please.

[EconomicswithJustice @EconJust]

@yanisvaroufakis Access to land through reform of taxation (abolition and the replacement of collecting the Economic Rent or Annual Ground Rent) and access to credit by reform of banking licences to permit credit for wealth creation ONLY!

[EconomicswithJustice @EconJust]

@yanisvaroufakis Indeed! But let's not believe "left" policies will solve the problem: At best they will mitigate. To solve the problem, we need to look at fundamentals. People need opportunity to flourish, and for that to happen they need access to land and often to credit.

[EconomicswithJustice @EconJust]

@yanisvaroufakis When will any economist "think outside the box" and move towards a taxation system which is just and fair to everyone? Reduce taxes on income and production and move them to land values (values which are created by communities).

[EconomicswithJustice @EconJust]

Indeed!

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

More sound sense from the wonderful @GretaThunberg. There's more reason in this 16-year-old than in the combined weight of the world's governments.
https://t.co/iwkLGLOGZ2