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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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).
Hanks
I still like it!
Brilliant! The introduction to The corruption of economics is a must read. I like:
Henry George had to be stopped …
Henry George has to be stopped …
So he was stopped.
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
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!
I will head over…