Anyone who says "X is what we need to do" over and over again will be part of a weird cult eventually and that's not a bad thing regardless of whether X is desirable.
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Also, Ladejinsky didn't focus on common ownership of land, or on land value taxation. He focused on expropriating land from landlords and giving it to tenant farmers. Which turned out to be an incredibly successful policy.
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Replying to @Noahpinion @mattyglesias
Yes. Using land reform to disrupt the grip of the landed gentry was likely a valuable move helping the development process writ large in East Asia. Much more than just talking about how taxing land.
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Mixed. From my reading.
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Here's a post with some links to a lot of good papers (which themselves have links to other good papers): https://growthecon.com/blog/IFSP/
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