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Not sure about 'class'.
But the policy implications are quite different:
Land value taxation can capture all that extra rent going to land without hurting the economy one bit. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax
By contrast, taxing capital is a really bad idea. Eg capital gains taxes hamper productivity growth.
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Not sure about 'class'.
But the policy implications are quite different:
Land value taxation can capture all that extra rent going to land without hurting the economy one bit. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax
By contrast, taxing capital is a really bad idea. Eg capital gains taxes hamper productivity growth.