170 – By George, The Rent Is Too Damn High!

Eneasz drops a primer on Georgist Land Value Taxes. All increases in productivity will be capture by rising rents for as long as mankind exists, unless we find a way to prevent landlords from capturing all the benefits of rising land value. Henry George found the way to do this. Source post: Book Review: Progress & Poverty Follow-ups that we barely touched on, but include a lot more: Part I – Is Land Really a Big Deal? Part II – Can Land Value Tax be Passed on to Tenants? Part III – Can Unimproved Land Value be Accurately Assessed Separately from Buildings? Also in this episode: Eliezer supports Dignity Points, a scoring system for humanity. Afghan soldiers were shocked to learn about taxes in the U.S. 0:00:40 Feedback 0:06:15 Main Topic 1:33:48 LW posts 1:57:34 Thank the Patron Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Also merch! Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast, and the other podcast LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode: The American System and Misleading Labels Stop Voting For Nincompoops Next Episode’s Sequence Posts: Rational vs. Scientific Ev-Psych A Failed Just-So Story