Does Georgism Work? Is Land Really A Big Deal?
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Smith's Estimates for Land Values
Smith: All the figures we have for the last decade that don't come from smith grow at a very similar rate, with the federal reserve line growing at a steady around one point four trillion dollars a year on average. Smith further cites richard ebling, who in two thousand 15 estimated the value of all of the federal government's holdings in land and mineral reserves at five point five trillion dollars, lincoln post. He applies an extrapolation to update this value to two thousand 20, putting it at six point six trillion dollars. The us d a tells us the average value of farm land was three thousand 160 dollars per acre in two thousand 20,. Multiply that by 896
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