Lars Doucet
@larsiusprime.bsky.social
Co-Founder at ValueBase.co
☦ Narcoleptic Norseman, Texan with Tourette's, Game design and Game theory, Mass Appraisal for the Masses.
☦ Narcoleptic Norseman, Texan with Tourette's, Game design and Game theory, Mass Appraisal for the Masses.
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Lars Doucet
@larsiusprime.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Progress and Poverty | Joseph Addington | Substack
Exploring the implications of Georgism in the modern world. Click to read Progress and Poverty, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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We're BACK baby! Not only is the Progress & Poverty substack back with a new WEEKLY posting schedule, but we're also announcing the launch of a new org, the Center for Land Economics!
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Eliminate Texas' property tax.
And replace it with a land value tax?
Yes, the @houstonchronicle.com is running Georgist op-eds.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
And replace it with a land value tax?
Yes, the @houstonchronicle.com is running Georgist op-eds.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
End the property tax in Texas? Tell me what you’ll cut first. | Opinion
If Texas Republicans were serious about property tax relief, they’d reducing spending. Otherwise, the math just doesn’t work, writes Garrett W. Fulce.
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Eliminate Texas' property tax.
And replace it with a land value tax?
Yes, the @houstonchronicle.com is running Georgist op-eds.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
And replace it with a land value tax?
Yes, the @houstonchronicle.com is running Georgist op-eds.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
In which I use the game of Monopoly to explain the American Housing Market.
"Imagine you are invited to play a game of Monopoly, only to discover the other players started without you and all the property cards have already been snapped up."
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/what-happe...
"Imagine you are invited to play a game of Monopoly, only to discover the other players started without you and all the property cards have already been snapped up."
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What happens when America's Monopoly board fills up?
What a board game and the Law of Rent can teach us about the housing market
progressandpoverty.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In which I use the game of Monopoly to explain the American Housing Market.
"Imagine you are invited to play a game of Monopoly, only to discover the other players started without you and all the property cards have already been snapped up."
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/what-happe...
"Imagine you are invited to play a game of Monopoly, only to discover the other players started without you and all the property cards have already been snapped up."
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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Congrats to Max and the entire @cayimby.bsky.social team. This a tremendous victory for CA and for all the housing advocates who have tirelessly worked towards passing SB 79 and so many other great housing bills this session.
This Texan is calling it: Y'all won 🏆🎉🏘️
This Texan is calling it: Y'all won 🏆🎉🏘️
This bill I wrote is now law.
[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed AB 1154, which will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to add small accessory dwelling units to existing homes.
Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...
Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...
October 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Congrats to Max and the entire @cayimby.bsky.social team. This a tremendous victory for CA and for all the housing advocates who have tirelessly worked towards passing SB 79 and so many other great housing bills this session.
This Texan is calling it: Y'all won 🏆🎉🏘️
This Texan is calling it: Y'all won 🏆🎉🏘️
We have a LIVE webinar at 2:00 PM central USA time today on LVT momentum in the USA. We'll discuss *active* legislation, emerging interest, and we will have on multiple candidates from around the country running for local office on the LVT issue.
Register now!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register now!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We have a LIVE webinar at 2:00 PM central USA time today on LVT momentum in the USA. We'll discuss *active* legislation, emerging interest, and we will have on multiple candidates from around the country running for local office on the LVT issue.
Register now!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register now!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Land valuation is a key question when it comes to implementing Land Value Tax, so today I ask -- what's the simplest method that could even possibly work?
Turns out there's one weird trick that can greatly improve existing land valuation methods.
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/valuing-la...
Turns out there's one weird trick that can greatly improve existing land valuation methods.
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/valuing-la...
Valuing Land: The Simplest Viable Method
The least we can do to improve land valuation methodology right away
progressandpoverty.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Land valuation is a key question when it comes to implementing Land Value Tax, so today I ask -- what's the simplest method that could even possibly work?
Turns out there's one weird trick that can greatly improve existing land valuation methods.
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/valuing-la...
Turns out there's one weird trick that can greatly improve existing land valuation methods.
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/valuing-la...
Assistant *to* the regional pig-keeper
September 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Assistant *to* the regional pig-keeper
The Cook County assessor's office has a cool new tool you can use to look up how your home valuation was determined
www.cookcountyassessoril.gov/news/does-lo...
www.cookcountyassessoril.gov/news/does-lo...
September 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Cook County assessor's office has a cool new tool you can use to look up how your home valuation was determined
www.cookcountyassessoril.gov/news/does-lo...
www.cookcountyassessoril.gov/news/does-lo...
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shit i missed this release. okay well if we get georgism in the next few years this specific library is likely how bsky.app/profile/lars...
We just launched OpenAVMKit today!
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/openavmkit...
We're putting the power of mass appraisal in everyone's hands. Take open data sources, then build and evaluate powerful predictive real estate mass appraisal models.
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/openavmkit...
We're putting the power of mass appraisal in everyone's hands. Take open data sources, then build and evaluate powerful predictive real estate mass appraisal models.
OpenAVMKit: a Free and Open Source real estate valuation library for python
Today we are launching OpenAVMKit, a new free and open source library for real estate mass appraisal.
progressandpoverty.substack.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
shit i missed this release. okay well if we get georgism in the next few years this specific library is likely how bsky.app/profile/lars...
You can in fact improve things
Assessor Fritz Kaegi has “clearly improved” the fairness of Cook County’s property tax assessment system over his two terms, according to a new study crediting his office with reversing problems that led to the overvaluation of lower-priced homes and the undervaluation of high-priced homes.
Study finds Kaegi has improved fairness in Cook County property assessments
Assessor Fritz Kaegi “clearly improved” the fairness of Cook County’s property tax assessment system over his two terms, according to a new study.
trib.al
September 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
You can in fact improve things
Reposted by Lars Doucet
Kudos.
Assessor Fritz Kaegi has “clearly improved” the fairness of Cook County’s property tax assessment system over his two terms, according to a new study crediting his office with reversing problems that led to the overvaluation of lower-priced homes and the undervaluation of high-priced homes.
Study finds Kaegi has improved fairness in Cook County property assessments
Assessor Fritz Kaegi “clearly improved” the fairness of Cook County’s property tax assessment system over his two terms, according to a new study.
trib.al
September 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Kudos.
Especially if you sell it as a "Universal Building Exemption"
this actually looks georgism would win a majority vote in any city in america
September 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Especially if you sell it as a "Universal Building Exemption"
Reposted by Lars Doucet
this actually looks georgism would win a majority vote in any city in america
September 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
this actually looks georgism would win a majority vote in any city in america
Teaser for a new open source project I'm cooking up
August 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Teaser for a new open source project I'm cooking up
I wrote this report!
A report on Maryland's land valuation reveals a $500M "error" that rewards speculators & hurts homeowners. A land value tax can fix this by taxing land's potential, not just buildings, to encourage development, increase housing, and create a fairer system for all.
August 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I wrote this report!
We just launched OpenAVMKit today!
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/openavmkit...
We're putting the power of mass appraisal in everyone's hands. Take open data sources, then build and evaluate powerful predictive real estate mass appraisal models.
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/openavmkit...
We're putting the power of mass appraisal in everyone's hands. Take open data sources, then build and evaluate powerful predictive real estate mass appraisal models.
OpenAVMKit: a Free and Open Source real estate valuation library for python
Today we are launching OpenAVMKit, a new free and open source library for real estate mass appraisal.
progressandpoverty.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We just launched OpenAVMKit today!
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/openavmkit...
We're putting the power of mass appraisal in everyone's hands. Take open data sources, then build and evaluate powerful predictive real estate mass appraisal models.
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/openavmkit...
We're putting the power of mass appraisal in everyone's hands. Take open data sources, then build and evaluate powerful predictive real estate mass appraisal models.
Reposted by Lars Doucet
I'm now either a boffin or a brainbox. Either way, PC Gamer picked up my analysis of GenAI disclosures on Steam: www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
The brainbox behind Valve's Steam Labs says the number of Steam releases featuring GenAI in 2025 is 1 in 5, with 7% of all games on there now incorporating it: 'We’ve octupled last year’s figure'
But there's still "a vocal anti-AI sentiment among artists and gamers who simply won’t buy games with this stuff in."
www.pcgamer.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I'm now either a boffin or a brainbox. Either way, PC Gamer picked up my analysis of GenAI disclosures on Steam: www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
Reposted by Lars Doucet
Norway's Godot Community discord is live!
discord.gg/ZTQSM35wsd
Spread the word to any Norwegian game developers you know! 🇳🇴
discord.gg/ZTQSM35wsd
Spread the word to any Norwegian game developers you know! 🇳🇴
July 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Norway's Godot Community discord is live!
discord.gg/ZTQSM35wsd
Spread the word to any Norwegian game developers you know! 🇳🇴
discord.gg/ZTQSM35wsd
Spread the word to any Norwegian game developers you know! 🇳🇴
Reposted by Lars Doucet
The 2025 Godot Community Poll is live! Help us understand our community better and shape the engine's future. Takes just 5-10 minutes:
👉 godotengine.org/article/godo...
👉 godotengine.org/article/godo...
Godot Community Poll 2025 – Godot Engine
We want to learn more about the Godot community, understand who the users of the engine are, and find out how we can better support you.
godotengine.org
June 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The 2025 Godot Community Poll is live! Help us understand our community better and shape the engine's future. Takes just 5-10 minutes:
👉 godotengine.org/article/godo...
👉 godotengine.org/article/godo...
Would like some feedback on this thought:
For many #gamedev friends who have been laid off, consider applying @ your local property tax appraisal office.
Here are my reasonings:
1. There's 11,000+ of these in North America. Probably one in your own backyard.
2. They often have open positions
1/X
For many #gamedev friends who have been laid off, consider applying @ your local property tax appraisal office.
Here are my reasonings:
1. There's 11,000+ of these in North America. Probably one in your own backyard.
2. They often have open positions
1/X
July 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Would like some feedback on this thought:
For many #gamedev friends who have been laid off, consider applying @ your local property tax appraisal office.
Here are my reasonings:
1. There's 11,000+ of these in North America. Probably one in your own backyard.
2. They often have open positions
1/X
For many #gamedev friends who have been laid off, consider applying @ your local property tax appraisal office.
Here are my reasonings:
1. There's 11,000+ of these in North America. Probably one in your own backyard.
2. They often have open positions
1/X
Reposted by Lars Doucet
I made a new game. It's called Super Municipal Property Tax Simulator 2000. It's dumb and stupid and simple. But I have nothing to prove.
You can play it right now!
www.fortressofdoors.com/super-munici...
You can play it right now!
www.fortressofdoors.com/super-munici...
Super Municipal Property Tax Simulator 2000
I show a new web-playable game I'm working on, the rational and philosophy behind it, as well as a detailed Godot 4 tutorial that outlines my process step by step.
www.fortressofdoors.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I made a new game. It's called Super Municipal Property Tax Simulator 2000. It's dumb and stupid and simple. But I have nothing to prove.
You can play it right now!
www.fortressofdoors.com/super-munici...
You can play it right now!
www.fortressofdoors.com/super-munici...
I made a new game. It's called Super Municipal Property Tax Simulator 2000. It's dumb and stupid and simple. But I have nothing to prove.
You can play it right now!
www.fortressofdoors.com/super-munici...
You can play it right now!
www.fortressofdoors.com/super-munici...
Super Municipal Property Tax Simulator 2000
I show a new web-playable game I'm working on, the rational and philosophy behind it, as well as a detailed Godot 4 tutorial that outlines my process step by step.
www.fortressofdoors.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I made a new game. It's called Super Municipal Property Tax Simulator 2000. It's dumb and stupid and simple. But I have nothing to prove.
You can play it right now!
www.fortressofdoors.com/super-munici...
You can play it right now!
www.fortressofdoors.com/super-munici...
Reposted by Lars Doucet
Our conversation with @larsiusprime.bsky.social is now up on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6SQ3... We talk about georgism, what is it and why do we need it?
About georgism, with Lars Doucet (in English)
Vad tror du? · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Our conversation with @larsiusprime.bsky.social is now up on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6SQ3... We talk about georgism, what is it and why do we need it?
Have you ever wondered why Georgists use the 🔰 mark? It's originally a Japanese symbol, and I think we would do well as a movement to embody its deeper meanings.
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/why-georgi...
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/why-georgi...
Why Georgists use the 🔰 mark
Humility is the soil in which the movement sprouts anew
progressandpoverty.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Have you ever wondered why Georgists use the 🔰 mark? It's originally a Japanese symbol, and I think we would do well as a movement to embody its deeper meanings.
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/why-georgi...
progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/why-georgi...