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tax pollution • tax land • give people money
don't tax the rich, pay the poor.
end qualified immunity
jacyanthis.com www.cgdev.org/expert/rachel-glennerster economics.uchicago.edu/directory/Michael-Kremer
don't tax the rich, pay the poor.
end qualified immunity
jacyanthis.com www.cgdev.org/expert/rachel-glennerster economics.uchicago.edu/directory/Michael-Kremer
I mean the policy is just that we should remove regulations that have positive deadweight loss and only keep the ones with negative deadweight loss. giving people money to afford whatever it is. they want to spend money on whether it's housing or clothing or food is orthogonal.
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I mean the policy is just that we should remove regulations that have positive deadweight loss and only keep the ones with negative deadweight loss. giving people money to afford whatever it is. they want to spend money on whether it's housing or clothing or food is orthogonal.
The one time I met him in person, he struck me not so much as someone I would have this huge disagreements with but more as someone who seemed incredibly arrogant.
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The one time I met him in person, he struck me not so much as someone I would have this huge disagreements with but more as someone who seemed incredibly arrogant.
let's not boil the ocean here. we can circle back later.
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
let's not boil the ocean here. we can circle back later.
I'm not following your point. and I wouldn't be surprised if a similar trend holds up here too
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm not following your point. and I wouldn't be surprised if a similar trend holds up here too
I just don't understand what your point is. why are you distinguishing between them? what is the policy? implication?
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I just don't understand what your point is. why are you distinguishing between them? what is the policy? implication?
imagine actually being interested enough in policy to put ideology aside and try to find the actual correct answer.
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
imagine actually being interested enough in policy to put ideology aside and try to find the actual correct answer.
well, no. far more likely is that this software actually helps find the true market equilibrium, in which case banning it INCREASES deadweight loss rather than reducing it.
Plus it's a gross waste of time and political capital when there are far more effective tools.
Plus it's a gross waste of time and political capital when there are far more effective tools.
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
well, no. far more likely is that this software actually helps find the true market equilibrium, in which case banning it INCREASES deadweight loss rather than reducing it.
Plus it's a gross waste of time and political capital when there are far more effective tools.
Plus it's a gross waste of time and political capital when there are far more effective tools.
also housing is in competition with all other goods and services. which further mitigates the problem. The bigger issue is there are a million things they could do that would actually be impactful instead. they could abolish zoning. legalize dense walkable European neighborhoods.
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
also housing is in competition with all other goods and services. which further mitigates the problem. The bigger issue is there are a million things they could do that would actually be impactful instead. they could abolish zoning. legalize dense walkable European neighborhoods.
what a fantastic ad hominem fallacy. did you have anything of substance to say about the actual merit of the economic arguments therein? The case for effective cartel pricing power is extremely weak, since plenty of people don't use it or follow the recommendations and there's national competition.
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
what a fantastic ad hominem fallacy. did you have anything of substance to say about the actual merit of the economic arguments therein? The case for effective cartel pricing power is extremely weak, since plenty of people don't use it or follow the recommendations and there's national competition.
as if a completely nonsensical economic system is okay as long as you achieve it. democratically.
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
as if a completely nonsensical economic system is okay as long as you achieve it. democratically.
it's basically a very low impact distraction from a million real impactful policies you could be working on.
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
it's basically a very low impact distraction from a million real impactful policies you could be working on.
I mean addressing a market failure is certainly not socialism. I'm just extremely skeptical that this is a very big market failure given it's very hard to prevent defection, and housing is in competition with all other goods. cartels/monopolies are mostly a myth.
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I mean addressing a market failure is certainly not socialism. I'm just extremely skeptical that this is a very big market failure given it's very hard to prevent defection, and housing is in competition with all other goods. cartels/monopolies are mostly a myth.
That's awesome.
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
That's awesome.
LOL, "no"
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
LOL, "no"
okay, unfollowing because will does not understand basic economics.
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
okay, unfollowing because will does not understand basic economics.
The only poll that matters is revealed preference via the market.
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The only poll that matters is revealed preference via the market.
of course they would...
if we didn't subsidize suburbia.
if we didn't subsidize suburbia.
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
of course they would...
if we didn't subsidize suburbia.
if we didn't subsidize suburbia.
that is true. look at NYC and... the oval office for that matter.
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
that is true. look at NYC and... the oval office for that matter.
Australia's income for Capital is actually pretty close to the USA's.
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Australia's income for Capital is actually pretty close to the USA's.
yep. Japan and lots of other countries have bits of it but not nearly the scale. we do. maybe only Canada.
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
yep. Japan and lots of other countries have bits of it but not nearly the scale. we do. maybe only Canada.
amen
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
amen
do you think having suburbs is a binary instead of a position on a spectrum? My brother in Christ. have you ever been to Europe?
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
do you think having suburbs is a binary instead of a position on a spectrum? My brother in Christ. have you ever been to Europe?