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were getting basically soiled by the costs of manufacturing and the way we treated water and the way we treated the land, right? And there used to be a lot more pollution in the country. And then we enacted environmental policy that helped push back against that. And I think it's important that the book

were getting basically soiled by the costs of manufacturing and the way we treated water and the way we treated the land, right? And there used to be a lot more pollution in the country. And then we enacted environmental policy that helped push back against that. And I think it's important that the book

to say that the book acknowledges that and isn't writing that off and saying that there isn't value in what those things produce. I think it's more just saying there's a needle to be thread in that it's gone very far the other way where these regulations have inhibited the ability for us to solve problems in the country.

to say that the book acknowledges that and isn't writing that off and saying that there isn't value in what those things produce. I think it's more just saying there's a needle to be thread in that it's gone very far the other way where these regulations have inhibited the ability for us to solve problems in the country.

to say that the book acknowledges that and isn't writing that off and saying that there isn't value in what those things produce. I think it's more just saying there's a needle to be thread in that it's gone very far the other way where these regulations have inhibited the ability for us to solve problems in the country.

Very basic things that are very, very good things for your population to have access to.

Very basic things that are very, very good things for your population to have access to.

Very basic things that are very, very good things for your population to have access to.

And then everybody is mad.

And then everybody is mad.

And then everybody is mad.

Well, I think the common pushback here, and we actually got a little bit in the comments of the last episode kind of around this topic because we talked about how much Tokyo built and how much Japan built in general in order to keep their housing.

Well, I think the common pushback here, and we actually got a little bit in the comments of the last episode kind of around this topic because we talked about how much Tokyo built and how much Japan built in general in order to keep their housing.

Well, I think the common pushback here, and we actually got a little bit in the comments of the last episode kind of around this topic because we talked about how much Tokyo built and how much Japan built in general in order to keep their housing.

relatively affordable uh at least post post real estate uh and the i think the common like counter arguments here is like or what i'll try to put out there is uh the first thing i saw oh and this is brought up in the book as well is people advocate for uh socialized housing which is or like government provided housing and uh i actually think there's a strong like merit to that argument

relatively affordable uh at least post post real estate uh and the i think the common like counter arguments here is like or what i'll try to put out there is uh the first thing i saw oh and this is brought up in the book as well is people advocate for uh socialized housing which is or like government provided housing and uh i actually think there's a strong like merit to that argument

relatively affordable uh at least post post real estate uh and the i think the common like counter arguments here is like or what i'll try to put out there is uh the first thing i saw oh and this is brought up in the book as well is people advocate for uh socialized housing which is or like government provided housing and uh i actually think there's a strong like merit to that argument

But what Ezra says in the book is that's all basically fine and dandy. That would be good, but the regulations that affect the ability to build in the first place apply in either scenario. Whether you want the market and private companies to provide the housing or you want the government to build the housing, they're dealing with the same hurdles that you need to change either way.

But what Ezra says in the book is that's all basically fine and dandy. That would be good, but the regulations that affect the ability to build in the first place apply in either scenario. Whether you want the market and private companies to provide the housing or you want the government to build the housing, they're dealing with the same hurdles that you need to change either way.

But what Ezra says in the book is that's all basically fine and dandy. That would be good, but the regulations that affect the ability to build in the first place apply in either scenario. Whether you want the market and private companies to provide the housing or you want the government to build the housing, they're dealing with the same hurdles that you need to change either way.