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Are there any canonical examples / cities you can point us to where this approach is being taken successfully?



A full land value tax has never been tried.

Currently the closest example is Singapore[0], but they have much more central control than what a Georgist would find ideal. 99 year leases are far to long, and shorter leases would have much more beneficial effects.

Detroit was an example of a city that massively expanded[1] because of it, but eventually lost it's way.

Harrison, PA[2] is an example of a city that 'recently' used a revenue neutral split-rate system to keep from going bankrupt.

[0]: https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/singapore-economic...

[1]: https://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2013/0813clevelandg...

[2]: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/3/6/non-glamorous-g...




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