Spencer Heath

Land rent as the public revenue

Markets, with the commons paid for.

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The engineer-philosopher who argued that voluntary, proprietary communities funded by land rent could replace the state — a foundational geo-libertarian fusing free markets with shared land value.

social

Individualist progressive.

economic

Free markets where landholders provide community services from site rent.

governance

Voluntary, proprietary community over the coercive state.

Notable for

'Citadel, Market and Altar'
Proprietary-community theory
Geo-libertarian pioneer

land-rentproprietary-communityself-ownership

§ The minds nearest Heath

The Single-Tax Commons (archetype)

99% affinity

Nicolaus Tideman

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Bryan Caplan (geo-adjacent reading)

98% affinity

Albert Jay Nock

96% affinity

The Community Land Trust (archetype)

95% affinity

Harry Browne

94% affinity

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