COMMUNISM FOR OUR TIMES? By: Roderick T. Beaman

Below is a list of positions of a political movement. I have interjected some explanatory notes so the reader can understand them. Would you be inclined to vote for a party or a candidate with such a platform?

1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. (The value of economic rent is the unimproved value of land. Historically, this proposal has attracted a lot of interest but the separation of the unimproved value from the improved value while theoretically possible, has proved to be a very difficult challenge. But still, the reader should think about this.)

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