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Dominic Frisby. A simple guide to land value tax

Comedian Dominic Frisby gives a ten-minute explanation of land value tax. He argues it would fix problems of rent-seeking and the economics of land ownership.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN users share it as a short, accessible explainer for land value tax whenever housing, rents or inequality come up.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Dominic Frisby Comedy Videos
Topic
land value tax
Format
explainer
Level
intro
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2016–2020

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Watch this 5 times then spend ten minutes passing it on: [VIDEO] Questions in this thread about real estate, "investing" etc. Comprehend it with the above.

    amiga_500 on Hacker News · 2019-12
    In What Is the Most Valuable Thing You Can Learn in One Hour?

  • Spot on. Spare time would allow us to conclude we can expunge rentiers. Here is a video on land value tax, which would fix our messed up feudal economies: [VIDEO] Posting here as shadow banned after two posts because Hacker News hates any kind of …

    branchless on Hacker News · 2018-08
    In Bullshit Jobs

  • From your reply you are obviously not stuck at the "rents are the cost to the landlord + 10%". Good! Have a look at this 10 minute video: [VIDEO]

    amiga_500 on Hacker News · 2019-12
    In Is College Still Worth It? The New Calculus of Falling Returns [pdf]

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