I wrote a book!
Land Is A Big Deal: Why rent is too high, wages too low, and what we can do about it.
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Coming out October 15, 2022, available for pre-order right now:
landisabigdeal.com
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Here's a quick thread with all the book's endorsements:
"Inspiring a renewal of interest in Georgist ideas whose full ramifications are yet to be determined." -
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"Lars's work is intellectually fascinating and among the clearest and most compelling writing in support of land value taxes that I've seen." -
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"Lars Doucet has thought more deeply about land taxes than anyone I've ever met...and I've met just about everyone." -
"Take the Georgist pill and read this." -
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"An absolutely wonderful summary of the economics of Henry George and land value taxes. Comprehensive but accessible, and above all fun!"
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"Why land matters more today than ever… and why economists, urbanists & everyone else need to take Henry George Seriously."
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"Have you seen the cat? Whether or not Doucet converts you to Georgism, you’ll come away with a new appreciation for how every economic system is built on the same resource: land."
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"If you've read about Henry George and his book Progress and Poverty, but never actually read them, here is your big chance to learn a lot without reading so many hundreds of pages."
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Some quick notes:
- We will have an eBook and an Audio Book order option up soon, currently still figuring that out. Existing pre order is for a physical book made out of 100% physical atoms.
- International shipping costs exist, I'm sorry.
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This is based on my four-article series on gameofrent.com, but now it's a published book that's been cleaned up and formatted and can sit on your shelf and look all respectable and stuff.
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Another reason I'm doing this is as a personal experiment in what the role of the non fiction book is in a world where you can reach people just by writing articles on the internet instead.
Post some bets here about how well you think the book will do:
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Let's do a Manifold Market too.
How many copies of my book "Land is a Big Deal" will get sold in the first month?
manifold.markets/LarsDoucet/how
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