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"Land Value Tax". This is well studied area of economics.



I am not saying "Land Value Tax", which basically is a levy on the "unimproved" value of land.[1] What I am saying is nobody (including corporations) should be allowed to own land for the sake of renting purposes. If you own more than a threshold, you should just hand it over to the government, for some compensation and then if you think you have any excess land left over that you can rent, you should just sell it.

In short, no renting of land at all. I know, there are some issues to it, but I guess, those can be resolved, without much harming the economy of the 99.99% of the people.

Please correct me if I am wrong w.r.t. "Land Value Tax" vs "ceiling on land holding".

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax

edit: added clarification at end.




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