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by randbox 1547 days ago
The fraction of average income paid to landlords is partially due to the concentration of land ownership and political culture of the ownership class.

Historically in 18th century rents were 1/3 of farm product in England, 1/2 of product in Milan, up to 3/4 product in China. Citizens in countries with low rents developed wealth quicker and in countries with high rents were quite poor.