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This story was faithfully transposed to *bande dessinée" (European comics) by Martin Veyron in 2016. "Ce qu'il faut de terre à l'homme" won a prize at the Angou

This story was faithfully transposed to *bande dessinée" (European comics) by Martin Veyron in 2016. "Ce qu'il faut de terre à l'homme" won a prize at the Angoulême Festival, and I recommend it very much if you can read French. My only complaint with it is that the handful of Cyrillic texts in the drawings are not made of Russian words but simple transliterations of French words. Among the short novels wrote by Tolstoi, my personal preference is for "Father Sergius". A young prince can't support any more the royal court, so he flees outside of his world, then struggles in trying to find meaning and peace in his life.

amiga_500 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy > 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD_dZvPwAj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD_dZvPwAj0
- perl4ever 7y ago
  You know what else is an interesting fringe idea that had some famous adherents? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit ...I have never really looked into it, but I happened on a paragraph that makes it sound like it might be an approach to dealing with the problems people complain about a lot these days: "Douglas proposed to eliminate the gap between purchasing power and prices by increasing consumer purchasing power with credits which do not appear in prices in the form of a price rebate and a dividend. Formally called a "Compensated Price" and a "National (or Consumer) Dividend", a National Credit Office would be charged with the task of calculating the size of the rebate and dividend by determining a national balance sheet, and calculating aggregate production and consumption statistics." "Based on his conclusion that the real cost of production is less than the financial cost of production, the Douglas price rebate (Compensated Price) is determined by the ratio of consumption to production. Since consumption over a period of time is typically less than production over the same period of time in any industrial society, the real cost of goods should be less than the financial cost. For example, if the money cost of a good is $100, and the ratio of consumption to production is 3/4, then the real cost of the good is $100(3/4) = $75. As a result, if a consumer spent $100 for a good, the National Credit Authority would rebate the consumer $25. The good costs the consumer $75, the retailer receives $100, and the consumer receives the difference of $25 via new credits created by the National Credit Authority. The National Dividend is justified by the displacement of labour in the productive process due to technological increases in productivity. As human labour is increasingly replaced by machines in the productive process, Douglas believed people should be free to consume while enjoying increasing amounts of leisure, and that the Dividend would provide this freedom."
  - amiga_500 7y ago
    This would be soaked up by rent, which is set by available income less essentials.
    - perl4ever 7y ago
      There are townhouses roughly five miles apart in the city where I live that differ by a factor of two in price. If what you say means anything, they should rent for the same amount...? It seems doubtful to me.
      - amiga_500 7y ago
        No. Location matters. 5 miles is a long way in any city. Identical apartments 5 miles apart will have different rents.
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        perl4ever 7y ago
        The major office complex in the middle of things is almost ten minutes commute from the expensive townhouses and just over ten minutes commute from the cheap ones. Even though it's right beside the expensive homes. So in this particular case, 5 miles is not a long way. It seemed pretty obvious to me that the difference was that the expensive ones were brand new and the cheap ones were 25 years old. But often people don't think of houses depreciating like cars.

amiga_500 7y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy > 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD_dZvPwAj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD_dZvPwAj0

perl4ever 7y ago
You know what else is an interesting fringe idea that had some famous adherents? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit ...I have never really looked into it, but I happened on a paragraph that makes it sound like it might be an approach to dealing with the problems people complain about a lot these days: "Douglas proposed to eliminate the gap between purchasing power and prices by increasing consumer purchasing power with credits which do not appear in prices in the form of a price rebate and a dividend. Formally called a "Compensated Price" and a "National (or Consumer) Dividend", a National Credit Office would be charged with the task of calculating the size of the rebate and dividend by determining a national balance sheet, and calculating aggregate production and consumption statistics." "Based on his conclusion that the real cost of production is less than the financial cost of production, the Douglas price rebate (Compensated Price) is determined by the ratio of consumption to production. Since consumption over a period of time is typically less than production over the same period of time in any industrial society, the real cost of goods should be less than the financial cost. For example, if the money cost of a good is $100, and the ratio of consumption to production is 3/4, then the real cost of the good is $100(3/4) = $75. As a result, if a consumer spent $100 for a good, the National Credit Authority would rebate the consumer $25. The good costs the consumer $75, the retailer receives $100, and the consumer receives the difference of $25 via new credits created by the National Credit Authority. The National Dividend is justified by the displacement of labour in the productive process due to technological increases in productivity. As human labour is increasingly replaced by machines in the productive process, Douglas believed people should be free to consume while enjoying increasing amounts of leisure, and that the Dividend would provide this freedom."
- amiga_500 7y ago
  This would be soaked up by rent, which is set by available income less essentials.
  - perl4ever 7y ago
    There are townhouses roughly five miles apart in the city where I live that differ by a factor of two in price. If what you say means anything, they should rent for the same amount...? It seems doubtful to me.
    - amiga_500 7y ago
      No. Location matters. 5 miles is a long way in any city. Identical apartments 5 miles apart will have different rents.
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      - perl4ever 7y ago
        The major office complex in the middle of things is almost ten minutes commute from the expensive townhouses and just over ten minutes commute from the cheap ones. Even though it's right beside the expensive homes. So in this particular case, 5 miles is not a long way. It seemed pretty obvious to me that the difference was that the expensive ones were brand new and the cheap ones were 25 years old. But often people don't think of houses depreciating like cars.