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The SFR Group. Who Are We?

The Systemic Fiscal Reform Group (SFR Group) is a Cambridge based Think Tank studying existing and alternative tax and welfare structures and their impact on the efficiency and stability of the economy.

It was founded in 2008 by:
  • Neale Upstone - Software Engineer and LibDem Councillor
  • Robin Smith - Social Entrepreneur and Conservative Councillor
  • Dr. Adrian Wrigley - Inventor, writer and market trader
It is operated on a voluntary basis without any external funding.

Systemic Fiscal Reform's Proposal

SFR is a proposal for a radical reform of tax and welfare systems.  It asks if we we are taxing the right things, and if we are doing it well or not.  Is the fiscal system delivering the most stable and efficient economy possible.

By neutrally switching the tax base from production to land and resource taxes, a far more stable, sustainable and fair economy is possible.

Our overarching policy proposal is delivered in the form of Land Value Covenants, an alternative to the traditional collection of location values using a Land Value Tax
Read Me First: Please find the SFR Group's Policy Briefing here

Land Value Covenants

SFR's proposals for collecting annual rental values without the pain, routing around the roadblocks, avoiding economic seismic events and of course in a politically achievable way.

Strategy Options for Implementing LVT

What are the options and their related issues

SFR Articles

NEF's Green New Deal

In Houston We've Had a Problem, Neale Upstone discusses why a Green New Deal is not the long-term answer to our problems.

What to do about the property crash

In a (soon to be published) new article, What To Do About The Property Crash, Neale Upstone argues for a systemic, future-looking solution to our housing difficulties.

A look at how the unreal economy has usurped natures ability to supply all

Robin Smith offers a Proposal for Economic Reform, the real economy in the necessities of life and how out thinking has allowed us to take for granted the land, without which no wealth can be created

The Law of Privilege

What happens when you place state granted privileges before justice. Robin Smith asks if Economic Privileges Are Crippling the Economy

How SFR addresses housing and social mobility

In a speech in Sept 2008, Dr Adrian Wrigley set out Systemic Fiscal Reform and how it addresses Housing and Social Mobility.

Read the full text of his speech here:
Taxation, Housing and Social Mobility at LibDem Conference

Liberal Themes of Systemic Fiscal Reform

SFR - A Policy for Liberal Democrats?

News


SFR Group Web Links

Attachments (3)

  • SFR - Policy Briefing.pdf - on Sep 11, 2008 7:27 AM by Neale Upstone (version 4 / earlier versions)
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  • Strategy Options for Implementing LVT.pdf - on Apr 21, 2009 1:52 AM by Robin Smith (version 1)
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  • What are LVCs.pdf - on Apr 12, 2009 2:57 AM by Robin Smith (version 1)
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