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by: Kevin M. Cahill
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 301
EAN: 9781841953106
ISBN: 1841953105
Label: Canongate Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Canongate Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 465
Publication Date: September 26, 2002
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Sales Rank: 2038493
Studio: Canongate Books Ltd
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A startling expose of Britain's most valuable asset - its land. Kevin Cahill's investigations reveal how the 6000 or so landowners -mostly aristocrats, but also large institutions and the Crown - own about 40 million acres, more than half the country, and have maintained their grip on the land right throughout the 20th century. The book argues that our present system of landownership is of material detriment to the vast majority of homeowners in the UK, imposing a land tax on homeowners while many of the wealthiest landowners in the country pay no rates and actually receive money in the form of grants and subsidies for owning land. Cahill's arguments are supported with 80 pages of tables, maps and statistics.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Penetrating review
Cahill has written a thorough and penetrating review of the scandalous lack of transparency on who owns land in Britain.His explanation of the historical reasons behind why it is that the largest (often aristocratic) landowners continue to hide the true size of their land banks is to be particularily commended.
Rating: - Superb study of landowning bit of Britain's capitalist class
This is a remarkable and original survey of landownership in Britain and Ireland, detailed county by county.
For Britain, Cahill analyses this landownership, showing how a tiny minority exploits British society. 160,000 families, 0.3% of the population, own 37 million acres, two thirds of Britain, 230 acres each. Just 1,252 of them own 57% of Scotland. They pay no land tax. Instead every government gives them £2.3 billion a year and the EU gives them a further £2 billion. Each family ... Read More
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