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The Progress Report Weekly Digest

Future Cities & Policy Scotland: Levy Land, Please!

Two more thoughtful voices call for a tax reform that'd totally shift the paradigm from taking to sharing what's ours.

Thom Hartmann: The 99% Need a New Economy

This popular radio host is willing to not just decry problems but also promote solutions -- a true progressive indeed.

Welfare Dependents Sans Stigma? Rich Landowners

Rich landowners, spoiled by government, get vast sums of public monies that buy much needless eco-ploitation.

Cluster of Birth Defects Not Detailed by Authorities

Where's the right to a normal life when radiation deforms a child and the government won't reveal the facts?

Reporters from GB to Down Under Slam Rent Seeking

Columnists: It's not the seeking but the winning of rent that's the problem, cheating some and hobbling economies.

The Inflationary Effects of New Electronic Money

Bitcoin et al give hope to economists, speculators, and fans of non-governmental financial alternatives.

The Guardian: End Land banking with Land taxing

One of GB's best newspapers once again comes thru with a well-reasoned editorial on solving a land use issue.

Over 120 Fake Papers Got Published in Journals

Watch out what you cite. Pages of gibberish, discovered by a computer, got accepted by academic publishers.

Food Waste at Record High -- How to Reverse It

Wastage is easy to prevent. Meanwhile, charities must pay a fee and get a permit to feed homeless people in a park.

Privatizing Haitian Island, Violence Against Islanders

In paradise -- Ile à Vache, coveted by Lamothe’s administration -- people are made landless, without food sovereignty.

Australia's MacroBusiness: Shift Taxes to Site Value

Readers of the business press Down Under get the goods on taxes and economics in clearly argued editorials.

USA Today: Putting El Chapo Behind Bars Does ... ?

Another dealer in jail won't win our failed drug war. It might even create a power vacuum and a bloody gang war.

GB's The Independent: Shift Taxes Onto Locations

Great Britain's press comes thru again with support for sanity in tax policy, well ahead of the press of other nations.


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