Our homage to freedom is a mockery, for the blinding glare of
riches and power have made of democracy an illusion. The
consequence is life without social and economic justice and a false
view-we are chained to monetary acquisitiveness, group identities,
and other limited perspectives. Power and influence coupled with
technology, bureaucracy, and greed have masked accumulated
wisdom-the bedrock of individual integrity. Even social injustice
masked as property rights takes on a look of integrity, liberty,
and prosperity.
At the root of our problems is the relation of man to the land
and his mental and physical separation from it. The most endurable
structure would be built upon the Fatherhood of God, which the
ancient Hebrews perceived as requiring the sharing among the entire
people of the divine gift of land. While land rent has been
acknowledged to be socially created, a theft by private interests
of natural resources that belong to mankind in common, is protected
and exalted as the fruit of effort and a basis of personal
rights.
"The First Definitive History of Land Economics" stands in a
tradition of social criticism that recognizes that land-rent income
should be the tax base of the community and the means to eliminate
poverty. The author hopes to do something towards overcoming a way
of thinking that in the guise of defending property rights defends
privilege in its robbery of Nature, labor, and life.
General
| Imprint: |
Iuniverse, Inc.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 2003 |
| First published: |
November 2003 |
| Authors: |
Kenneth C. Wenzer
|
| Dimensions: |
243 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
292 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-595-66100-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Business & management >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-595-66100-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780595661008 |
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