Why “Georgism” is being discussed
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The problem economists would point out is that this is a fully general argument against any development. Which is exactly what leads to the negative side of gentrification - peo…
by zozbot234 · Sep 27, 2026
I suspect you're right, in the same way that a lot younger people really like any ideas like blanket student loan forgiveness because they have student loans and are receptive t…
by Aurornis · Sep 27, 2026
LVT is a good reform to do, but if the goal is to improve housing affordability through supply it's quite an indirect measure and occur at a glacial pace without proper planning…
by akst · Sep 27, 2026
> The whole business with theoretical prices is why Georgism was dismissed as a form of communism This (the calculation) is addressed by the author.
by andrepd · Sep 27, 2026
If you bought a house for 50 grand in 1984 and now it's worth $3 million because you got lucky and happened to buy in the right spot, that's a jackpot in my book. You didn't do…
by ForHackernews · Sep 27, 2026
> What prevents the landlord rent seekers from just charging more rent? Wont they all uniformly raise rent, because they are all uniformly having their taxes increased? The firs…
by GodelNumbering · Sep 27, 2026
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Georgism, in modern times also called Geoism, and known historically as the single tax movement, is an economic ideology holding that persons should own the value that they produce themselves, while the economic rent derived from land—including from all natural resources, the commons, and urban locations—should belong equally to all members of society. Developed from the writings of American economist and social reformer Henry George, the Georgist paradigm seeks solutions to social and ecological problems based on principles of land rights and public finance that attempt to integrate economic efficiency with social justice. Read more on Wikipedia