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Dominic Frisby. A simple guide to land value tax

Dominic Frisby Comedy Videos · 24.7K views · 2015-07-24 · 10:09

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Overview

Comedian Dominic Frisby gives a ten-minute explanation of land value tax. He argues it would fix problems of rent-seeking and the economics of land ownership.

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HN users share it as a short, accessible explainer for land value tax whenever housing, rents or inequality come up.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2016–2020

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Microeconomics & behavioral economicsInvesting & personal financeLabor, work & inequality
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amiga_500 · 2019-12 · Strong recommendation

Watch this 5 times then spend ten minutes passing it on: [VIDEO] Questions in this thread about real estate, "investing" etc. Comprehend it with the above.

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amiga_500 · 2020-01 · Recommendation

[LINK] > Tolstoy also became a dedicated advocate of Georgism, the economic philosophy of Henry George > towards the end of his life, Tolstoy become more and more occupied with the economic theory and social philosophy of Georgism. > He spoke of great admiration of Henry George, stating once that "People do not argue with the teaching of George; they simply do not know it. And it is impossible to do otherwise with his teaching, for he who becomes acquainted with it cannot but agree." Land value tax explained in 10 minutes: [VIDEO]

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amiga_500 · 2019-12 · Recommendation

From your reply you are obviously not stuck at the "rents are the cost to the landlord + 10%". Good! Have a look at this 10 minute video: [VIDEO]

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