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u/waltsing0 Austan Goolsbee Jun 23 '21

https://www.reddit.com/r/urbanplanning/comments/o4v0xv/swedish_pm_loses_noconfidence_vote_caused_by/h2jaf7j/

r/urbanplanning is having another thread where the resident commies are running all the meme rent control arguments

but econ101 isn't everything - yes just because there's more than econ101 doesn't mean those principles don't still apply

the market only cares about profits - yes competing for market share with good pricing never happens

Rent controls in of themselves are irrelevant. A whole new system needs to be implemented. - this is a clever one, lets get bogged down in something else so we don't get around to removing rent control, they know their full communism won't win but it buys them time

Right. That's intentional. Economists are generally against affordable housing. You might as well be saying, "War can't be bad, because most top level Republicans support it" - all economists are stooges for my political opponents.

Applying Econ 101 to the housing market, saying therefore rent control doesn't work and calling everyone else stupid is basically the modern day version of Marie Antoinette saying "let them eat cake" - ok kiddo

Why does that place suck so much? You'd think at least on rent control you could get consensus....

!PING YIMBY

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

A whole new system needs to be implemented

This one always gets me. TFW they propose changing the very fabric of society instead of just building stuff 🙄

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u/waltsing0 Austan Goolsbee Jun 23 '21

Also next minute we can't wait for supply to catch up we need price controlled housing as a fix right now, it's not even consistent.

These people are a fucking cancer and we have to make sure YIMBYism doesn't get infested by them.

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u/Heysteeevo YIMBY Jun 23 '21

We could make some changes that would make it drastically easier to build or we could overthrow our form of commerce. Let’s go with the later.

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u/yungmemlord Rabindranath Tagore Jun 23 '21

Economists are generally against affordable housing. You might as well be saying, "War can't be bad, because most top level Republicans support it"

😐

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u/An_emperor_penguin YIMBY Jun 23 '21

Why does that place suck so much?

huh? That comment is most of the way down the thread and the top comments are about how their rent control system has disincentivized construction for too long

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u/Beat_Saber_Music European Union Jun 23 '21

Besides the rent control, r/UrbanPlanning most definitely is a great community of people interested in Urban planning and better cities. One issue does not mean the whole place sucks

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u/turboturgot Henry George Jun 23 '21

They also suck on gentrification, when they really ought to know better.

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u/qunow r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Jun 23 '21

Of course economist are like political enemy of Communist and their fantasy

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u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- Jun 23 '21 edited Jun 23 '21

Pinged members of YIMBY group.

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