I'm sorry, but offhandedly dismissing opinions like you did there triggers snippy reactions from me. That said your opinion is clearly not gathered by expert r

I'm sorry, but offhandedly dismissing opinions like you did there triggers snippy reactions from me. That said your opinion is clearly not gathered by expert reading, because I've done that reading and it comes to a different conclusion. If you're interested in optimal taxation, I'd skip reading Wikipedia page and just go read the 2008 Mankiw literature review on "optimal taxation in theory and practice" instead. It doesn't touch land value taxation (which is a niche topic) but is very accessible and a good read. Second, when metropolitan LVT is studied, the theoretical social benefits are large bordering on the absurd. Here's a study by the NY fed: https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/haughwout/netzer_paper.pdf https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/econo... It massively reduces income and wealth inequality (lots of inequality is tied up in urban real estate ownership).