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Interesting read - I had not realized that DHL had started in the US, let alone in San Francisco. Not having dealt with them directly much, I had thought they
by gothroach 8y ago
Interesting read - I had not realized that DHL had started in the US, let alone in San Francisco. Not having dealt with them directly much, I had thought they were a European company. Not that it's the same company after being bought out.
- dredmorbius 8y agoMy previous misunderstanding was that the'd originated with / grown from Deutsch Bundespost. That's a subsequent relationship. Sugar shipment bills of lading. Whodathunkit?
- dredmorbius 8y agoAnd: land's price-inelasticity means that a land value tax (LVT; property, exclusive of improvements) must decrease its exchange value. Cook County's reaal estate tax includes improvements, and hence isn't a perfect LVT. But it approaches the concept. https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2015/04/01/why-henry-george-had-a-point https://www.economist.com/free-exchange/2015/04/01/why-henry...