Neoliberalism has become a catch all buzzword for the left when its something they dislike. Its becoming like the right using woke.
Lol-I-Wear-Hats on
“Neoliberalism” explains fairly little about housing conditions itself
There is a common sort of origin in the 1970s as a reaction to High Modernism that lead to both senior government neoliberalism and local government nimbyism, both coming out of a suspicion against doing Big Things together, but they are not the same
There is a certain sort of person who would like the decline in the relatively modest share of the housing stock but it by the government to tell the story but it mostly doesn’t.
that_tealoving_nerd on
That being a house as a vehicle for retirement? Great, France has been doing it since 1890s. France is now the of neolib.
carnotbicycle on
I wish the author contended with the idea that heavy regulation and precisely NOT allowing the free market to solve for housing is what most economists think caused this whole mess. NIMBYism is not neoliberalism, precisely the opposite. A government approach to housing is not a binary where if there is a national housing program it is automatically “not neoliberalism” and not having one means “neoliberalism” full stop.
A real neoliberal would despise NIMBY policies, not just be satisfied that houses are a commodity and investment vehicle.
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Neoliberalism has become a catch all buzzword for the left when its something they dislike. Its becoming like the right using woke.
“Neoliberalism” explains fairly little about housing conditions itself
There is a common sort of origin in the 1970s as a reaction to High Modernism that lead to both senior government neoliberalism and local government nimbyism, both coming out of a suspicion against doing Big Things together, but they are not the same
There is a certain sort of person who would like the decline in the relatively modest share of the housing stock but it by the government to tell the story but it mostly doesn’t.
That being a house as a vehicle for retirement? Great, France has been doing it since 1890s. France is now the of neolib.
I wish the author contended with the idea that heavy regulation and precisely NOT allowing the free market to solve for housing is what most economists think caused this whole mess. NIMBYism is not neoliberalism, precisely the opposite. A government approach to housing is not a binary where if there is a national housing program it is automatically “not neoliberalism” and not having one means “neoliberalism” full stop.
A real neoliberal would despise NIMBY policies, not just be satisfied that houses are a commodity and investment vehicle.