Duncan Pickard - Challenging the Status Quo: How One Farmer is Rethinking Land Ownership and Taxation

Today, we continue our celebration of the ebook release of Rent Unmasked: How to save the global economy and to build a sustainable future – essays in honour of the late great Mason Gaffney, edited by Fred Harrison.  This podcast features an interview with Duncan Pickard, a farmer in Fife, Scotland, who discusses his journey into farming, the principles of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the challenges of modern farmland valuation and usage. Duncan has written a number of books on creating a fairer and freer society through tax reform and contributed to Rent Unmasked.  Key topics in the interview include: Pickard's early farming experiences, his strategic land purchases based on economic cycles, the continuing relevance of Adam Smith and other Enlightenment thinkers, the main problems with current farmland valuation and recent changes to inheritance tax for farmers under the Labour Government and the potential benefits of an annual ground rent system.   If you are interested in purchasing the ebook version of Rent Unmasked, please visit: https://bit.ly/3YGxQxy