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Lars Doucet
Bryan, TX
Lars’s Substack
Essays
  • Is AI like Petroleum, or like Pens?
  • More disasters are coming. How should cities respond?
  • DALT: Depreciation-Assisted Land Value Tax
  • New UK Prime Minister Supports Land Value Tax. What’s Next?
  • An LVT Shift is a net winner for homeowners in Cincinnati
Work

Land is a big deal

I’m a former video game developer (15 years), and now I work in the field of housing economics, property tax policy, and empowering the civil service through open source software and transparent data reporting. The bottom line is that land is a big deal, housing could be much cheaper, and putting stuff on a map is often the most effective way to make an argument.

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Land is a big deal

I’m a Narcoleptic Norseman,
I’m a Texan with Tourette’s,
I’m not a viking nor a horseman
I do GIS in sweats
I used to be a game dev
And I like to draw and rhyme
I kind of hate to travel
But I do all the time

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