Companion market for this one:
https://manifold.markets/LarsDoucet/will-the-new-york-times-write-a-non
The other one resolves if there's an article that just mentions a key term in a neutral or positive light. For THIS market, it will only resolve "Yes", if, by December 31 2023, 11:59:59 PM CT, at least one article has appeared on the New York Times where Georgism, Land Value Tax, or Henry George, is the actual central subject of the article in question.
For instance, if they just run an article about say, YIMBYism, and they happen to briefly mention Georgism in passing, that's not enough. If Georgism, LVT, or Henry George is in the headline itself, that obviously resolves "Yes." It will be a judgment call if it's, say, an article about the housing crisis and Georgism/LVT/etc is a major lens that the article uses for its analysis. The key determinant will be how much of the article the concept of Georgism or the personage of Henry George is actually central to -- it has to be at least 50%.
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3.00Not exactly related, but can anyone link to or give me some good argument for Georgism? I've heard a lot about it but I keep being confused about how exactly it's supposed to be solving the housing problem or how the hell are you even supposed to be putting a value on land independently of whatever development is on it?
@Shump I’ve written some articles at www.gameofrent.com
More to come in the future, including an in depth research paper on land assessment, which is now my full time day job.
The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your Land https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/business/georgism-land-tax-housing.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
@LinchuanZhang Got an example? I suppose if Georgism was central to the obit. I’d have to see it to be sure.
@LinchuanZhang Okay yeah, an obit for someone like Gaffney who devoted his life to the movement would surely count. (I believe that’s from several years ago, right?)
A toss up would be someone like Joseph Stiglitz - he proved the Henry George theorem, but Georgism isn’t as central to him as it was to Gaffney, so it would depend on what the writer put their focus on.