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I also felt the amount of labor saved by concrete and modern building materials was not discussed enough. The presenter does mention several times "to build yo
by ImPleadThe5th 3y ago
I also felt the amount of labor saved by concrete and modern building materials was not discussed enough.
The presenter does mention several times "to build your own house" and it seems to be focused on impoverished communities or individuals. This would take a lot of time and labour, but it does not necessarily beget the use of forced/unethical labour.
- jjoonathan 3y agoI thought the big problem with housing wasn't construction costs so much as the game of monopoly being played with the underlying land.
- justinclift 3y agoProbably depends on the country in question. Western economies are having runaway pricing issues with land, but some of the non-western economies have different problems instead.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoBoth are substantial and building costs is still often the majority in california.