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lotsofpulpyesterday at 9:54 PM1 replyview on HN

The manipulation is in the political limit of housing supply and the limit on land value tax rates.


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jeffbeeyesterday at 10:03 PM

The homevoter hypothesis is mostly nonsense. There isn't a coordinated, conscious effort to restrict the supply of homes based on rational expectations of excess returns. People restrict the supply of homes due to misguided aesthetic reflexes, racism, nostalgia, and a bunch of other stuff, not because they are mustache-twirling capitalists.