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minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·10 months agoProgress and Poverty, and you still can’t just have everything for free even in a better system.
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoWouldn’t the LVT+UBI that Henry George proposes effectively cancel rent and then some? We’d be getting paid 100% of the surplus from land use, not just a safety net.
minus-squareGrayox@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·10 months agoI’ll have to add that to my list, always looking to learn more.
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoIt’s a good read, makes you realize how swindled we got, and what we might have had if they’d adopted these ideas in the late 1800’s.
Progress and Poverty, and you still can’t just have everything for free even in a better system.
Wouldn’t the LVT+UBI that Henry George proposes effectively cancel rent and then some? We’d be getting paid 100% of the surplus from land use, not just a safety net.
I’ll have to add that to my list, always looking to learn more.
It’s a good read, makes you realize how swindled we got, and what we might have had if they’d adopted these ideas in the late 1800’s.