> For a while there it was clear that policy makers seemed to think that foreigners buying real estate was somehow a quick and easy way to turn around the econo

> For a while there it was clear that policy makers seemed to think that foreigners buying real estate was somehow a quick and easy way to turn around the economy. Somehow thinking foreign wealth merely being around would induce more wealth to appear as if by magic. No. These schemes were mostly pandering to certain communities for votes.