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the home-as-an-investment-for-profit mentality leads to some really poor social interactions. I wish we had different social norms around housing. For instance
by rpearl 9y ago
the home-as-an-investment-for-profit mentality leads to some really poor social interactions. I wish we had different social norms around housing.
For instance, after a 1980s crash, Tokyo's housing norms shifted and the result seems really healthy: https://www.ft.com/content/023562e2-54a6-11e6-befd-2fc0c26b3c60?mhq5j=e3 https://www.ft.com/content/023562e2-54a6-11e6-befd-2fc0c26b3...
- dredmorbius 9y agoIt does indeeed. I need to crack the paywall on that FT item, but I've had my own recent epiphany on asset price inflation of maslovian goods (and housing in particular). I'm thinking a lot about land tax. https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/608w97/asset_price_inflation_of_maslovian_and_productive/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/608w97/asset_p...
- ac29 9y ago> I need to crack the paywall on that FT item https://archive.fo/Pf2Uu https://archive.fo/Pf2Uu Interesting article. I wonder if any Japanese (or someone familiar enough with the culture) could comment.
- dredmorbius 9y agoThanks, yeah, I got through -- googling the link gets through as well.