he earned his profit through the risk of investment. historically, he would have been better off putting his $3600 into stocks. if you genuinely believe that increased land value is unearned, then there's no reason to think that any other increased value be it stocks, or gold, or whatever is also unearned and you should just be a communist.  this is the flaw of georgism. a much better solution to land being underutilized is to simply get rid of the regulations and taxes associated with land and real estate.
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