Submission statement: I think this sub suffers from severe technocrat brain. You often see a very dismissive attitude for the median voter and anybody speaking out against that is labeled a succ. But out there it is politicians and not economists having to win elections. Neoliberals should think long and hard whether voters will vote for politicians that promise to vote against cost lowering measures like rent control just to protect the holy free market.
Vol_in_tears on
The general public is going to vote for people to promises them free shit other people are going to supposedly pay for.
There is not a way out of this I can see.
Meghabhedi on
Thanks, Bezos
JesusPubes on
I thought politicking like this was against the rules
gooners1 on
Just build more houses.
Signal_Nobody1792 on
On one hand we should be listening to the experts more.
On the other hand they quote Cato and one of their recommendations is to expand legal gambling as much as possible in the name of “economic freedom”.
Ready_Anything4661 on
> Politicians are trying to make life cheaper.
You lost me there.
pppiddypants on
Beyond the headline, This seems like an extremely important issue for this sub to deal with:
What are the effects of lower prices? (Especially on housing).
Anyone have a read after the paywall? I’m very curious how financing to purchase assets in a deflationary asset environment would be affected.
Would purchasers before deflation become underwater and eligible for repossession? Would addressing that through policy lead to higher home loan rates?
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Submission statement: I think this sub suffers from severe technocrat brain. You often see a very dismissive attitude for the median voter and anybody speaking out against that is labeled a succ. But out there it is politicians and not economists having to win elections. Neoliberals should think long and hard whether voters will vote for politicians that promise to vote against cost lowering measures like rent control just to protect the holy free market.
The general public is going to vote for people to promises them free shit other people are going to supposedly pay for.
There is not a way out of this I can see.
Thanks, Bezos
I thought politicking like this was against the rules
Just build more houses.
On one hand we should be listening to the experts more.
On the other hand they quote Cato and one of their recommendations is to expand legal gambling as much as possible in the name of “economic freedom”.
> Politicians are trying to make life cheaper.
You lost me there.
Beyond the headline, This seems like an extremely important issue for this sub to deal with:
What are the effects of lower prices? (Especially on housing).
Anyone have a read after the paywall? I’m very curious how financing to purchase assets in a deflationary asset environment would be affected.
Would purchasers before deflation become underwater and eligible for repossession? Would addressing that through policy lead to higher home loan rates?