tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post4463919378288665472..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: "Virtuous Rent: a Rudder That Can Transform Our Economy"Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-39188225804724998082016-08-16T20:45:28.878+01:002016-08-16T20:45:28.878+01:00Evonomics bit on rent is nearly but not quite ther...Evonomics bit on rent is nearly but not quite there. He advocates a class of 'trustees' to oversee the whole thing. That won't work. He's creating another quango, who won't be able to stop itself interfering and whose existence will lead to more 'rent seekers' seeking employment by it. Anyway, Parliament is supposed to have that function.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-21014262194875619832016-08-16T15:46:42.407+01:002016-08-16T15:46:42.407+01:00I had not read that remark of John Kay's. Suc...I had not read that remark of John Kay's. Succinct and accurate.<br /><br />A. Welcome to the Dark Side (as rentiers would have us)Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-14599361357288063692016-08-16T15:42:03.097+01:002016-08-16T15:42:03.097+01:00Welcome to the unpopular (but correct) club!Welcome to the unpopular (but correct) club!ThomasBHallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998362261169422976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-85935021805653636212016-08-16T12:03:25.246+01:002016-08-16T12:03:25.246+01:00Your arguments in favour of LVT never persuaded me...Your arguments in favour of LVT never persuaded me to wholeheartedly embrace it. I was an undecided. Today I found out that Tim Wostall is in favour of it so now you have one more convert as that was the nudge I needed. If a follower of the Austrian school of economics and Adam Smith endorses it then that is good enough for me.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.com