Somewhere to stand

Posted on May 16 2017

I enjoyed this:

A capricious economist planned
to live without access to land
He nearly succeeded,
But found that he needed
food, water and somewhere to stand!

Hat tip: Simon Cohen

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  1. Simon Cohen says:
    May 16 2017 at 10:27 am

    Richard, I should add that I took that from a recent book by the New Economics Foundation entitled ‘Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing.’ The quoted Limerick was itself taken from a book called ‘The Corruption of Economics’ ( 1994 ed. Gaffney and Harrison).

  2. MrShigemitsu says:
    May 16 2017 at 6:03 pm

    Labour looks to replace Council Tax with a Land Value Tax:

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-land-value-tax-manifesto-general-election-2017-jeremy-corbyn-john-mcdonnell-a7738766.html

  3. Sean Danaher says:
    May 16 2017 at 6:46 pm

    I have started as section called “Uplift” on the Progressive Pulse site. I have placed this under “poetry please” and have another page of James O’Brien clips. To me at least James represents the best in us; an antidote to the narrow minded Daily Mail headlines which depress me so much. Please add suggestions, we all need cheering up at times!