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Came here to upvote anybody who mentioned Henry George and the land value tax. Can't believe I'm the first one in this thread.

Read Progress and Poverty, he predicted it all over 100 years ago, and provided the solution. https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/george-progress-and-povert...




He didn't provide a workable solution for how to value land.

I love George as much as anyone, but valuing land independently from what is on it is very tricky. Yes, yes, i know there are a bunch of suggestions for how to do this, but none of them seem to work well easily in practice.


I discovered Henry George in one of the previous threads on HN. Read the book review that was posted and felt like a light bulb went on in my head.

Over the next 2 months, i awkwardly would try to mention it in conversation to everybody haha. Most people patient enough to listen agree but see that there’s no hope of change because everybody’s lifesavings/nest are tied down to the value of their homes already.

One thing it made me realize is I should probably look into buying land more.




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