Everything changed for him when he read Progress & Poverty

Ingenius New City — public domain image

Tech billionaire wants to solve economic inequality, among other problems, by building a new city funded by land value tax.  As described here, alternate source here.

Of course there are all kinds of issues involved in building a new, freestanding city, but it’s encouraging that he wants to start on a sound economic basis.  Thanks to Bob Jene and Edward Miller for the tip.