Georgism on the 12 Axes

Georgism comes from the American economist Henry George, whose book Progress and Poverty (1879) asked why poverty deepened as cities grew rich. His answer was that landowners capture rising land values created by the whole community. George proposed a single tax on the unimproved value of land, replacing taxes on wages, trade and buildings. The idea inspired land value taxes in places such as Denmark, parts of Australia and some Pennsylvania cities, and influenced figures like Leo Tolstoy and Sun Yat-sen. Georgists are usually strong free traders. Compared with Classical Liberalism, Georgism treats land rent as common wealth and wants it shared. Compared with Social Democracy, it relies on markets and one simple tax instead of broad state planning.

• Liberalism 85%Liberalism is the mainstream tradition of liberal democracy: individual rights, civil liberties and the rule of law first, with a regulated market economy, free trade and open international cooperation.
• Social Liberalism 82%Social liberalism holds that individual freedom requires real opportunity, so it pairs a market economy and civil liberties with public education, healthcare and social insurance.
• Classical Liberalism 80%Classical liberalism defends individual liberty, private property, free markets and the rule of law, with a limited government whose main job is to protect citizens' rights.
• Market Socialism 79%Market socialism keeps markets to set prices and allocate goods, but places firms under social or worker ownership so that profits are shared instead of going to private investors.