
Does Georgism Work? Is Land Really A Big Deal?
Astral Codex Ten Podcast
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How Much Money Can We Rake From Land Rents?
Most of the value of erman real estate is, in fact, land. One point two america's land rents equal a sizable percentage of government spending. conservative estimates show that we can entirely pay for any one of defense, social security, or medicare and medicade using land rents alone. And optimistic estimate suggest that we're within striking distance of replacing all labor and capital taxes with taxes on land rents on the federal level at least.
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