Download or read book The Countryside Living Allowance written by John McCone and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if a simple policy could raise wages, make housing affordable, eliminate homelessness and greatly reduce poverty while creating satisfying jobs, boosting national wealth production, encouraging environmentally sustainable behaviour as well as improving food quality, health and security?The Countryside Living Allowance explains how supplying just �5000 per year to people living in the countryside can achieve all these things and more. This book elaborates on the economics of this panacea including Henry George's "Law of Wages" and the important phenomenon of "benefit amplification" and explains how this policy can be implemented in the U.K. on a realistic budget and used to later phase in a general basic income.This small booklet is a source of hope and optimism, for all those concerned about the way things are heading, which points a simple path of action to a brighter future for all humanity.