Re: von Mises Institute on Henry George

royls_at_telus.net
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:43:47 GMT

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:30:50 -0700, The Trucker <mikcob@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Mark Monson wrote:
>
>> "The Trucker" <mikcob@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:cgvtr70d06@news3.newsguy.com...
>>> royls@telus.net wrote:
>>
>>> >>I think y'all Georgists are simply saying
>>> >>that this rent isn't really production.
>>> >
>>> > It is production only in the sense that the difference between two
>>> > possible amounts of production is also an amount of production.
>>>
>>> Rubbish! It is not production in any sense.
>>
>> ??? If not production, what do you call the bales of cotton the
>> sharecropper pays to his landlord?
>
>Rent:) What else?

Which is a portion of production, along with wages and interest.

-- Roy L

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