I suspect the problem is a market externality taken advantage of by advertisers. Fashionable identification increasing status. When cars are sold as sexy an old one just says dirty old man. This was most clearly seen in cigarettes. I have frequently overheard people judging others by the brand
Just taxing idle land isn't the Georgist tax as I know it. In Australia it
is used by most local councils as a primary source of revenue. The point is
to tax all land based on market value. Thus idle land becomes expensive to
keep. Very expensive in the Georgist model as this is the sole source
If the government is responsible for airline defence and thinks private
capital markets who could provide the bailouts in terms of loans are
overestimating the risks well... Basically the government is in the best
position to know the risks, but can't be trusted to state those risks
honestly for
