ALASKA
PERMANENT FUND - How a Citizen's Royalty works in practice.
Essential viewing. The website gives details on the working
of the fund, payments to citizens,
the
composition and daily value of the share and bond protfolio,
educational material, etc.
LINK to APF: http:www.apfc.org
CITIZEN'S
INCOME TRUST - The UK scene.
A UK organization which advocates Basic Income (the Citizen's
Royalty of The Free Lunch) for
all citizens. The website gives a history of the idea and
questions and answers.
LINK to CIT: http://www.citizensincome.org
THE NEW
ECONOMICS FOUNDATION -
Pioneering the unthinkable in economics.
Wide ranging, exploring socio-economic, development and financial
issues.
Many topics in The Free Lunch are also dealt with by the NEF.
LINK to NEF: http//www.neweconomics.org.uk
HENRY
GEORGE FOUNDATION - UK
Keeps
the name of Henry George and his ideas in the public eye.
Henry George was the outstanding popularizer of Land Value
Tax of his time. There is much educational material and a
link to the on-line version of the magazine Land & Liberty.
LINK to
HGF: http://www.henrygeorge.org.uk/
THE PROGRESS
REPORT - Citizen's Income
Especially helpful is the article by Marc Davidson promoting
the idea of funding a Citizen's Dividend from taxes on the use
of the natural environment with the cutting of taxes on earnings.
A succinct summary of The Free Lunch theme.
LINK to
TPR: http://www.progress.org/dividend
LAND
VALUE TAX CAMPAIGN - UK Political
Much useful detail. Issues a regular magazine Practical Politics
which can be downloaded.
LINK to
LVTC: http://www.landvaluetax.org
THE
PRINCE'S TRUST
- Cash and guidance to help young people to establish themselves.
The Free Lunch advocates similar principles for all age
groups.
LINK to TPT: http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/
WORLD
TAXPAYER'S ASSOCIATION -
Campaigning for lower taxes worldwide.
'Two strong reasons for reduced taxation: Personal Liberty
and economic performance',
which are two major themes of The Free Lunch.
Shock yourself by seeing how much of your earnings you pay
in tax (see the 'Taxes in figures'
web page). There has been a little change since 1975 in
the government tax take and it has
almost always been UP!
LINK to WTA: http://www.worldtaxpayers.org/
THE
SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH
- Companies entrusted to their workers.
The proof that there are radically different ways of running
and owning businesses that do not
follow the typical capitalist pattern.
How some of the ideas from The Free Lunch might work for
businesses.
LINK to SB: http://www.scottbader.com/
ADAM
SMITH
- a classical economist who advocated land tax.
Read his book The Wealth of Nations on the website and see
Book Five Chapter II for land and
building taxes. Then read Chapter 4 of The Free Lunch: 'Land
as a Wealth Magnet' for a critique
of Adam Smith's view that the land of empty houses should
not be taxed.
LINK to AS Institute: http://www.adamsmith.org/ |
