Joseph Milne Charles Avila’s book Ownership: Early Christian Teaching shows us that the Church Fathers addressed the question of land ownership and its exploitation very strongly. For example Avila quotes from Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, in the fourth century who wrote: The elements have been granted
Jonjo Brady Consider the simple act of walking your dogs over a patch of fields. Have you ever considered who owns those fields or whether you even have the right to walk across them, what manner of law and justification enacts this right; a public right
By L. S. Andersen The Physiocracy of Henry George In chapter 4 of book VIII of Progress and Poverty (1879), Henry George singled out the school of Physiocracy for particular praise. In their doctrine of the single tax (l’impôt unique) he saw nothing less than an anticipation
Andrew Purves The Planning System in the United Kingdom continues to be a political football, as it tries to fulfil a number of competing and conflicting objectives. Given that Planning is now a devolved power, I will focus primarily on Planning in England, although the tensions
