# Can a land value tax fix housing? | Lars Doucet

An episode of [Money & Macro Talks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1673305791), 3 Sep 2026, 54 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/b3b74f7c/podcast/play/125146679/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-3%2F431104348-44100-2-d2e7a41c12155.mp3

Prime downtown land sits empty while cities run out of housing. Tax buildings and you punish building; tax land and you punish sitting on it. In this episode, Lars Doucet, author of Land is a Big Deal, discusses the history and relevance of land value taxes to prevent land speculation and address the housing affordability crisis.

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