Most people will agree that rents from innovation are good, while rents from corruption are bad. However, these are two extreme examples of rents.
Mazzucato, Ryan-Collins and Gouzoulis published a good overview and discussion of the question ‘good or bad rents’. See the following paper:
Cambridge Journal of Economics, Volume 47, Issue 3, May 2023, Pages 507–534, https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bead013
Rents 