The IU» The IU | The International Union For Land Taxation http://www.theiu.org The IU was established in 1926. Now a global Non-Governmental Organisation it operates independently free of any government funding. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:09:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Glasgow’s Stolen Birthright http://www.theiu.org/films/glasgows-stolen-birthright.html http://www.theiu.org/films/glasgows-stolen-birthright.html#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:33:00 +0000 admin http://www.theiu.org/?p=407 Professor Roger Sandilands presents the story of The People’s Budget in its 100 year anniversary and why it is still relevant today.

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]]> http://www.theiu.org/films/glasgows-stolen-birthright.html/feed Newsletter - Issue 29 http://www.theiu.org/news/newsletter-issue-29.html http://www.theiu.org/news/newsletter-issue-29.html#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:48:08 +0000 admin http://www.theiu.org/?p=385 The latest issue of theIU newsletter is available to view online.  We share news from around the globe, a book review on “The Earth Belongs to Everyone” written by our member Alanna Hartzok, and details on our upcoming conference.

Newsletter 29

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]]> http://www.theiu.org/news/newsletter-issue-29.html/feed IU Global Conference 2010 http://www.theiu.org/news/iu-global-conference-2010.html http://www.theiu.org/news/iu-global-conference-2010.html#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:22:14 +0000 admin http://www.theiu.org/?p=392 April 26-30 2010 London, UK

The IU are delighted to be holding the 2010 Global Conference in London.

We will be posting further details on the conference as they develop, along with information on booking with our partner hotels within the city.

It is going to be a critical time in the global economic environment and we hope that our discussions, workshops and debates will be of interest to our IU members as well as the wider public.

This conference will be of particular importance in the light of the global financial crisis and how the IU and our colleagues can get our message into the mainstream.

Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th : A debrief on the Georgist success. Have we succeeded or failed over the last 80 years and how do we face the future as a movement.

Wednesday 28th: a film preview and an expert roundtable discussion

Thursday 29th: Land taxation and the future of the Islamic world

Friday 30th: The environmental challenges and how a land value tax can lead real change. The day will concentrate on the problems of growth in the global economy; and how to address the environmental challenges that are now at the top of the political agenda.

We will be showing the world premier of “Treason” - the IU sponsored 3 part series that is currently in production.

Information, as we finalise the programme will be on the website. Nominations for Executive Committee membership will be open from the 26th January - 14th April 2010 and the nomination form will be available to download and return to the IU office.

For any enquiries or further information please contact megan@theIU.org or call +44 (0)207 386 5277

]]> http://www.theiu.org/news/iu-global-conference-2010.html/feed Newsletter - Issue 28 http://www.theiu.org/news/newsletter-issue-28.html http://www.theiu.org/news/newsletter-issue-28.html#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:48:56 +0000 admin http://www.theiu.org/?p=366 The latest issue of theIU newsletter is available to view online.  It shares with you the outlines for meeting the challenges of the current economic situation and member news from around the world.

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Issue 28: May 2008

]]> http://www.theiu.org/news/newsletter-issue-28.html/feed The Silver Bullet http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/solving-real-debt-crisis-fred-harrison-september-2007.html http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/solving-real-debt-crisis-fred-harrison-september-2007.html#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:23:26 +0000 admin http://www.theiu.org/?p=75 Face it. The world is no closer to consigning poverty to history. Why is there still poverty from whole countries of the poor South, to the back streets, slums and trailer parks of the rich West? The good intentions, the money, the rhetoric, the pity and the media histrionics are but pinpricks to a world-rampaging monster. They say there is no silver bullet. Neither Geldof or Bono, nor the United Nations, nor the vast assembled hosts of international aid and development agencies have the answer. Doesn t every citizen of the world have an equal right to the good life? With so much wealth in the world, why are so many of us so poor, when we could rid ourselves of this monster? And the fact is, there is only one way to kill poverty…

The Silver Bullet

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]]> http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/solving-real-debt-crisis-fred-harrison-september-2007.html/feed The Earth Rights Institute online education program http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/alannas-online-education-program.html http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/alannas-online-education-program.html#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:20:29 +0000 admin http://www.theiu.org/?p=73 The people of Africa do not need aid. They can fund their infrastructure out of their own resources - the rents that are being sieved out of the continent. This self-funding mechanism (described in Ch. 5 [§3]) is the solution that economists choose to ignore. If you want to prove them wrong on behalf of the dollar-a-day billion, the starting point is for you to join the education program that has started in the West, which will eventually oblige politicians to take action on behalf of the bottom billion.

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]]> http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/alannas-online-education-program.html/feed Rent! The final economic frontier http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/rent-final-economic-frontier.html http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/rent-final-economic-frontier.html#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:14:36 +0000 admin http://www.theiu.org/?p=318 The key to a lasting peace between the Jewish Israelis and the Arab Palestinians is the payment of rent for land. Palestinians and Israelis fight and kill for land, yet paying rent for land remains an unknown concept. This illustrates the importance of understanding basic economics.

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]]> http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/rent-final-economic-frontier.html/feed From Public to Private Domain in a Blink of an Eye http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/public-private-domain-blink-eye.html http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/public-private-domain-blink-eye.html#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:39:57 +0000 admin http://www.theiu.org/?p=378 Ed Dodson’s paper investigates the transition of land into private domain  and role of land speculation in the expansion of the United States west of the Mississippi River

The discovery by European explorers of the vast and thinly-populated western hemisphere set into motion a migration of groups from the Old World that eventually overwhelmed others who for tens of thousands of years slowly created their own distinct civilizations. The fate of the First Americans was sealed, their displacement (and in some cases annihilation) secured as soon as they became dependent upon the weapons and other goods introduced by Spanish, French, English and other European traders

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]]> http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/public-private-domain-blink-eye.html/feed The IU Mission http://www.theiu.org/films/the-iu-mission.html http://www.theiu.org/films/the-iu-mission.html#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:35:06 +0000 admin http://www.theiu.org/?p=130 IU President, Fernando Scornik Gerstein, explains why we can’t make poverty history under the current rules of the game.

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]]> http://www.theiu.org/films/the-iu-mission.html/feed Silver Bullet I - The Human Right http://www.theiu.org/films/silver-bullet-i-the-human-right.html http://www.theiu.org/films/silver-bullet-i-the-human-right.html#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:39:24 +0000 admin http://www.theiu.org/?p=1 Economists say there is no ‘Silver Bullet’ - but with such wealth in the world, why are so many still so poor?

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