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There's an entire economic school of thought dedicated to railing against the specific problem of sitting on physical land just to keep it out of use until some
by larsiusprime 6y ago
There's an entire economic school of thought dedicated to railing against the specific problem of sitting on physical land just to keep it out of use until someone else pays you a higher price:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism
- WorldMaker 6y agoIt's fun to note the game Monopoly was designed as a teaching exercise for Georgism (it's meant to be awful; it's designed to show the unfairness of existing landholder/landlord structures), though the pack in rules (for somewhat obvious reasons) no longer include the pro-Georgism text and counter-rules that illustrate that the game is far more boring, but quicker and more fair under a Georgism-like model.
- larsiusprime 6y agoIndeed! I assume you’re referring to “The Landlord’s game” by Elizabeth Maggie? (The earlier incarnation)
- WorldMaker 6y agoQuite. The original rules document is in the public domain now and is a fascinating read of turn of last century economic thought that is still relevant today (as this larger discussion shows). Maybe someone could do a quick interesting reskin for "The Domainparker's Game".