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The article neglects to mention: We are coming off of the lowest interest rate environment in around 400 years. As interest rates normalize, many interest-rat
by jpmattia 8y ago
The article neglects to mention: We are coming off of the lowest interest rate environment in around 400 years. As interest rates normalize, many interest-rate dependent markets are in for normalization as well.
- 3pt14159 8y agoI've been saying this for years. Keynesian economics is largely correct, but underestimated asset bubbles from irrational consumers. We either need high land taxes with a redistributive basic income or we need to do away with infinite ownership at time of sale.
- conanbatt 8y agoFirst, I would strongly advice against putting a policy due to an effect that there is no consensus on its causes. Is housing expensive because of low interest rates, because of QE, because of the advance of NIMBYSM? etc Second, taxes are much easier to add than to remove: a tax thought and applied with mechanism will outlive its purpose, so if there is a downturn in house prices the tax will become a burden. Places like california also dont even charge the proper property taxes. Its most likely that increasing tax pressure in a state like CA will be increasing income taxes, which end up maybe hurting landlords by harming their prey.