economic history that reveals the social consequences of different systems of land tenure
evidence of beneficial effects of land value taxation in 19th century India, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Denmark, and elsewhere
how the absence of property taxation harmed the development of Latin America
the effect of concentrated land ownership on emigration since 1600
the role of colonial land speculation in the American Revolution and the drafting of the Constitution
tax policy (tariffs) as a cause of the American Civil War
changing patterns of wealth distribution in American history, 1750 to present
the role of land value in the 1893-94 Congressional debates about the income tax
the financing of private street car lines with land speculation
the consequences of land reform for the development of the "Asian Tigers"