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There are other ways of deciding who gets a valuable resource, like housing in an area that a lot of people want to be in, than giving it to the person with the
by cyborgx7 7y ago
There are other ways of deciding who gets a valuable resource, like housing in an area that a lot of people want to be in, than giving it to the person with the most money. This defeatism always can drive me nuts.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoWhat are the other ways?
- pengstrom 7y agoWaiting lists and lotteries are simple solutions which have their own problems sure, but are significantly more fair than by wealth.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoHow does a waiting list or lottery work in practice for housing though? Would people not be able to sell housing? Would they have to sell to the next person on the waiting list? Are children able to inherit it? I'm not trying to be coy, I simply haven't seen a viable alternative with details. And since most of the world converged on using money to decide allocation of resources, I'm wondering if the alternatives have significant drawbacks. I understand that wealth begetting wealth, especially for generations seems unfair. But the solution to that doesn't have to be lottery or waiting list of housing. If the goal is to spread the wealth around more evenly, then that can be accomplished with higher taxes.
- mytailorisrich 7y agoWhat they are suggesting is state ownership of all housing, with 'democratic' allocation based on needs. It's been tried...