San Francisco rent control, affordable housing.

[paulhope]

Here's an example of the sort of thing I've found convincing in the Critical Review readings. I mention it specifically because it occurred to me that it might be of direct interest to at least two people who may be reading this. It has to do with applying some basic economics to affordable housing (using San Francisco as a particular example

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[paulhope]

I've been meaning to follow up on these arguments, although I don't really have the stomach for them.

Overall, I'd say I generally agree, although you have to watch out when you talk about long run effects generally, and especially when talking in terms of construction, which is slow. Also, there might be a problem with land as a limited resource.

Also, while I don't put any particular value on community stability, somebody raised somewhere something about people who are displaced not necessarily having the means to find a new place to live--especially not in the short term before new housing is built. This sounds like a legitimate concern, but one that could be solved, maybe, with income redistribution.

Mostly I wanted to respond to this so I could make fun of you for what seems like a debate-formatted argument. "Here are my refutations of the opponents points...." Oh man. That sort of accepted organization was always my least favorite part of debate. Important when going on the fly, of course, but that's I guess why I like arguing in text a lot more. You can pull off freeform but still very precise organization.