Lars Doucet β Progress, poverty, Georgism, & why rent is too damn high
January 9, 2023
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as posted by the channelOne of my best episodes ever. Lars Doucet is the author of Land is a Big Deal, a book about Georgism which has been praised by Vitalik Buterin, Scott Alexander, and Noah Smith. Sam Altman is the lead investor in his new startup, ValueBaseTalking with Lars completely changed how I think about who creates value in the world and who leaches off it. We go deep into the weeds on Georgism
* Why do even the wealthiest places in the world have poverty and homelessness, and why do rents increase as fast as wages?
* Why are land-owners able to extract the profits that rightly belong to labor and capital?
* How would taxing the value of land alleviate speculation, NIMBYism, and income and sales taxes?
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