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>that you can also solve via better polices and incentives if you want to Nobody can. And it's not like they don't want to. Neither the very traditional and re

by gspetr 1y ago

>that you can also solve via better polices and incentives if you want to Nobody can. And it's not like they don't want to. Neither the very traditional and religious Arabic countries like Saudi Arabia (2.14, barely above replacement, and trending down), nor a country like Norway, which can afford the best social program in the world. All have fertility troubles. Urban lifestyle just does fertility in.

FirmwareBurner 1y ago
>Nobody can. Yeah you can, they just don't want to because it will be at the cost of short term corporate economic growth. >And it's not like they don't want to. They don't want to compromise short term corporate profits. They want to have their cake and eat it too. >nor a country like Norway, which can afford the best social program in the world Social programs don't mean shit if nobody can afford to buy urban real estate in the big cities where the jobs are. Norway has different issues than Japan. Every country has different issues.
- gspetr 1y ago
  >Yeah you can Really? Can you name one developed country besides Israel that has succeeded? >Social programs don't mean shit if nobody can afford to buy urban real estate in the big cities where the jobs are The Government Pension Fund Global (Statens pensjonsfond utland), also known as the Oil Fund (Oljefondet), was established in 1990 to invest the surplus revenues of the Norwegian petroleum sector. As of June 2025, it had over US$1.9 trillion in assets. Price of a 3 bedroom house in Oslo: $1.5M $1.9T / $1.5M = 1.266M houses Population of Norway is 5.6M Do you have a better argument than housing affordability?
  - FirmwareBurner 1y ago
    >Really? Can you name one developed country besides Israel that has succeeded? How would they succed when they're not doing anything to succeed? >Do you have a better argument than housing affordability? How many families in Oslo can easily afford a 1.5 M apartment?

by gspetr 1y ago

FirmwareBurner 1y ago

>Nobody can. Yeah you can, they just don't want to because it will be at the cost of short term corporate economic growth. >And it's not like they don't want to. They don't want to compromise short term corporate profits. They want to have their cake and eat it too. >nor a country like Norway, which can afford the best social program in the world Social programs don't mean shit if nobody can afford to buy urban real estate in the big cities where the jobs are. Norway has different issues than Japan. Every country has different issues.

gspetr 1y ago
>Yeah you can Really? Can you name one developed country besides Israel that has succeeded? >Social programs don't mean shit if nobody can afford to buy urban real estate in the big cities where the jobs are The Government Pension Fund Global (Statens pensjonsfond utland), also known as the Oil Fund (Oljefondet), was established in 1990 to invest the surplus revenues of the Norwegian petroleum sector. As of June 2025, it had over US$1.9 trillion in assets. Price of a 3 bedroom house in Oslo: $1.5M $1.9T / $1.5M = 1.266M houses Population of Norway is 5.6M Do you have a better argument than housing affordability?
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago
  >Really? Can you name one developed country besides Israel that has succeeded? How would they succed when they're not doing anything to succeed? >Do you have a better argument than housing affordability? How many families in Oslo can easily afford a 1.5 M apartment?