The Common Wealth Blog
Taxing land can provide $194 billion for Canadians
The possible rent generated from a federal land value tax in Canada is $194 billion, an amount that could eliminate federal personal income taxes for all Canadians.
Taxing land value can lower the cost of living
The number one cost for Canadians is housing. Be it in rental or mortgage payments, the percentage of Canadians’ incomes that are being eaten up by housing costs are ever-increasing…
The Alaska Model: a citizen's income in practice
The idea of a basic income for all citizens is often seen as a utopian dream. But 'the Alaska Dividend' has existed for more than thirty years, and is immensely popular to this day.
Land-Value Taxation – Transition Briefing (Ontario 360)
Rethinking how Ontario cities tax to promote housing affordability and finance public transit.
Petro Canada - Oil Common Wealth Lost
People often look with envy and awe at the accumulated financial resources from natural wealth in places like Norway, Alaska or Gulf oil states. Many public goods are provided to citizens of these nations and jurisdictions, because governments capture the economic rents…
A citizen’s income and wealth fund for the UK: Lessons from Alaska
The idea of a basic income for all citizens is often seen as a utopian dream. But 'the Alaska Dividend' has existed for more than thirty years, and is immensely popular to this day.
Citizen ownership: the lost radicalism of the centre?
As wages stall or decline new methods must be found of creating a fair and democratic economy. Key to this must be a shift from redistributing income to redistributing assets…
Sovereign Wealth Funds: can they be community funds?
The idea that governments should invest some of their wealth for public benefit has moved from utopian dream to part-reality with the advent of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). But are these SWFs really democratic entities?