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0 pointsA4ET8a8uTh0_v22mo ago0 comments

<< A healthy economy is geared towards creating an added value.

I am trying to read this charitably, but it is hard to read as anything but: 'landlords do not add value'.

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Rephrasing my original point -- landlords do add value, but not as much to offset the negatives of locking down the resources.

iugtmkbdfil8342mo ago

I disagree, but I am interested in pulling this thread somewhat. What would be alternative? The role will likely exist in some form regardless, but I suppose there are obviously ways to make it less common just by removing of its incentives. That said, I might be tipping my hand a little.

deepsun2mo ago

Land Value Tax is one way, a very old idea.

Germany practices basically rent control, so that 60%+ of population rent and consider it stable. That's another way.

Maybe there are more, I didn't think hard. The basic idea is to prevent formation of an "aristocracy" that holds some limited but necessary (not luxury) resource. Pretty much every revolution happened because of that.

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0 pointsA4ET8a8uTh0_v22mo ago0 comments

<< A healthy economy is geared towards creating an added value.

I am trying to read this charitably, but it is hard to read as anything but: 'landlords do not add value'.

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deepsun2mo ago

Rephrasing my original point -- landlords do add value, but not as much to offset the negatives of locking down the resources.

iugtmkbdfil8342mo ago

deepsun2mo ago

Land Value Tax is one way, a very old idea.

Germany practices basically rent control, so that 60%+ of population rent and consider it stable. That's another way.

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