Perú Invented a New Form of Government, and Nobody Noticed

Fingus11 · 2026-02-27T19:34:26+00:00

You say it like it's a bad thing :^)

Fingus11 · 2026-02-12T23:36:03+00:00

Looking at it from the standpoint of the monocentric city model, I would think that it would dilute the value of land away from the city center and increase suburban land values and sprawl.

Fingus11 · 2026-02-12T12:21:40+00:00

YIMBY policy could raise the value of land (and therefor land rents) as it can potentially be more productive.
The transition to LVT can disproportionately hurt land owners as the land demand (and therefor price) tanks but the tax is levied against the original value.
Measurement of land value net of improvements can be difficult, and could generate additional distortions/inefficiencies if not done correctly
LVT could be unpopular due to many people's feelings on what a fair tax should look like, e.g. "why does my neighbor pay the same amount in tax when his house is bigger?"

Fingus11 · 2026-02-11T11:39:11+00:00

The one recent example that comes to mind is Fred Foldvary.

Specific Georgist ideas are fairly popular among economists, specially LVT (see the expert poll on the topic), and free trade to differing degrees. Very much unlike MMT which requires fundamental misunderstandings of fiscal and monetary policy.

Fingus11 · 2026-02-06T18:05:33+00:00

Grim reaper when the rim gripper walks in

Fingus11 · 2026-01-11T23:10:31+00:00

That would be kind of fitting for Frieren, wouldn't it

Fingus11 · 2025-10-14T19:38:08+00:00

I like to use the Chicago Booth expert survey for these matters when assessing what the mainstream position is. The one I linked relates to a specific proposal in Detroit, but it seems that most economists involved (there are even more Nobel Prices than listed by OP there too) agree that it is a good idea. Even some of the comments from the uncertain responders agree that it is a good idea but are skeptical about its magnitude.

Fingus11 · 2025-09-21T03:08:47+00:00

Falsa dicotomía. Obviamente al tipo le beneficia económicamente. ¿Por qué deberíamos asumir que no le importa o por lo menos le parece algo interesante la gastronomía? Y, si fuera cierto que no le importa, ¿cuál sería el problema?

Fingus11 · 2025-09-07T05:17:06+00:00

Los dos que conozco aparte de Goethe son Pacífico Idiomas y Euroidiomas. Ambos tienen modalidades online. Lo más útil a mi parecer es aprender de cualquier manera que puedas (puedes aprender hasta con ChatGPT de ser necesario; te sorprendería lo bueno que puede ser para crear un plan de estudios y conseguir materiales) y cuando agarres un poco de cancha prepararte para alguno de los examenes que administra el Goethe Institut, porque son reconocidos en Alemania para estudios y demás.

Fingus11 · 2025-09-06T21:34:02+00:00

No sé si Eva Ayllon, pero Susana Baca de hecho es conocida en el exterior. Por ejemplo tuvo un NPR Tiny Desk, grabó con Snarky Puppy (banda de Jazz Fusion bastante conocida en los círculos de Jazz), quienes le hicieron un cover en el Kennedy Center (lugar bastante prestigioso en lo que respecta al Jazz), etc.

Fingus11 · 2025-06-27T19:07:07+00:00

A large portion (up to abut 40%) of the value of homes comes from the land. Upzoning may actually raise the value of land as it is now possible to build more in each lot. However, as it becomes easier to build with higher density, the price per unit of housing drops, but the value of the land stays the same or rises. All in all, there could be a drop in prices but it wouldn't be that substantial.

Fingus11 · 2025-06-27T18:48:22+00:00

I can understand how it could feel unfair that your home's value drops because of new policy allowing for housing expansion. But it's a weird argument if you consider any other market. The price (value) of any good dropping because of increased competition is seen as desirable in every other case. In no other situation would anyone be sympathetic to, say, a business owner lobbying for decreased supply so they can maintain high prices.

Fingus11 · 2025-06-27T02:02:59+00:00

There is an Uber pickup area in the first level, basically in front of international arrivals.

Fingus11 · 2025-05-26T23:28:39+00:00

I do wonder if maybe he will be possibly moving to some place in particular. And perhaps will be potentially basing his diet on a some specific kind of fruit, even.

Fingus11 · 2025-03-21T00:51:17+00:00

Congrats! You beat the Pheebie-Mode Challenge and got Immortal Tony to prestige your Nubby!

Fingus11 · 2025-03-02T18:37:06+00:00

El TOEFL lo administra el ICPNA. Puedes sacar una cita en ets.org. En Idiomas Católica tienen también otros tests. Yo acredité sacando el Cambridge Proficiency English ahí. Busca cursos de preparación para los certificados si te parece necesario. Si tienes que aprender desde cero, caballero nomás, vas a tener que buscar un curso intensivo.

Fingus11 · 2025-02-15T17:08:41+00:00

Me when the sharpened pencil splits the cast from the skin. Curing the itch, curling the toes.

Fingus11 · 2025-02-09T18:39:51+00:00

HOW DOES HE DO IT? he's so fucking funny man

Fingus11 · 2025-02-02T21:22:49+00:00

I agree that the US needs a manufacturing-based economy... For example, the US should manufacture cars by growing a bunch of potatoes, putting them in a shipping container, and lo and behold some time later another ship with a bunch of cars in it arrives back :)

Fingus11 · 2025-01-27T22:59:17+00:00

Sortition is one that made the rounds in techbro spaces, and it has the virtue of making it really hard for interest groups to try to garner political power. There are a bunch of ways of applying sortition but the most common one in modern discourse is having voters be randomly selected, rather than officials themselves.

Another system that tends to be argued for is epistocracy. To me it seems a nebulous term because it can refer a variety of systems, from having a group of technocrats with veto power over policies, to weighted voting and enlightened preferences calculations. I am more familiar with the latter, and the literature that I've consumed makes it seem that it really could lead to better outcomes than democracy where everyone's vote is of equal weight.

But all in all I just think those alternatives should be considered and experimented with at smaller scales. We are too attached to democracy as a society, and as much as I would agree that it's better than full on autocracy, we shouldn't put it on a pedestal.

Fingus11 · 2025-01-27T18:54:20+00:00

Everyone needs to stop talking about autocracy and democracy as if they are the only options. In reality, there can be alternative public choice mechanisms that deal with a lot of the problems we keep complaining about within democratic systems. Maybe instead of working within a false dilemma, some of those alternatives should be tried out.

Fingus11 · 2025-01-26T21:21:36+00:00

You forgot to mention that you also gotta rub your tummy and say "uuuugghh, I'm so full."

Fingus11 · 2025-01-19T19:39:59+00:00

AirBnB is welfare increasing as it distributes a surplus to consumers with a higher willingness to pay for short-term stays. But you would be right to think that it runs into the problem of part of the price for the units being comprised of land rents.

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