Ezra Klein
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In many cases, it should regulate parts of the market more. What we don't talk about enough is how much the government regulates the government and how badly it needs to deregulate the government.
In many cases, it should regulate parts of the market more. What we don't talk about enough is how much the government regulates the government and how badly it needs to deregulate the government.
In many cases, it should regulate parts of the market more. What we don't talk about enough is how much the government regulates the government and how badly it needs to deregulate the government.
So I have many more left friends and they'll come to me or they'll critique me and they'll say, this all is fine, but what we really need in this country is public housing or it's been rebranded social housing. It's fine. Singapore, huge amount of social housing, right? They do a great job with it.
So I have many more left friends and they'll come to me or they'll critique me and they'll say, this all is fine, but what we really need in this country is public housing or it's been rebranded social housing. It's fine. Singapore, huge amount of social housing, right? They do a great job with it.
So I have many more left friends and they'll come to me or they'll critique me and they'll say, this all is fine, but what we really need in this country is public housing or it's been rebranded social housing. It's fine. Singapore, huge amount of social housing, right? They do a great job with it.
One of the things we go into, and this book is a manifesto on some level, but something we really try to do is take you into the gritty, grimy, frustrating details of how policy plays out on the ground. What actually happens after a bill passes and why we get the outcomes we do. Because often it's like a bunch of decisions made after everybody stopped paying attention.
One of the things we go into, and this book is a manifesto on some level, but something we really try to do is take you into the gritty, grimy, frustrating details of how policy plays out on the ground. What actually happens after a bill passes and why we get the outcomes we do. Because often it's like a bunch of decisions made after everybody stopped paying attention.
One of the things we go into, and this book is a manifesto on some level, but something we really try to do is take you into the gritty, grimy, frustrating details of how policy plays out on the ground. What actually happens after a bill passes and why we get the outcomes we do. Because often it's like a bunch of decisions made after everybody stopped paying attention.
So one of the things we pay some real attention to... is the kind of housing that people on the left all agree on is affordable housing through government grants. The government says, oh, we're not just going to have market rate developers coming in building more luxury condos for the children of the upper class.
So one of the things we pay some real attention to... is the kind of housing that people on the left all agree on is affordable housing through government grants. The government says, oh, we're not just going to have market rate developers coming in building more luxury condos for the children of the upper class.
So one of the things we pay some real attention to... is the kind of housing that people on the left all agree on is affordable housing through government grants. The government says, oh, we're not just going to have market rate developers coming in building more luxury condos for the children of the upper class.
We're going to build affordable housing for people who should be in this city but otherwise couldn't pay enough to be here. California, I can give you two different examples, but let's look at Los Angeles. I'm from outside LA.
We're going to build affordable housing for people who should be in this city but otherwise couldn't pay enough to be here. California, I can give you two different examples, but let's look at Los Angeles. I'm from outside LA.
We're going to build affordable housing for people who should be in this city but otherwise couldn't pay enough to be here. California, I can give you two different examples, but let's look at Los Angeles. I'm from outside LA.
And they have something, I always forget if it's measure H or measure HHH, but California, LA voters pass a bond measure, about a billion dollars, a little bit more, I think it was, to build affordable housing. Six years later, when I'm writing about this, they have built a couple thousand units at an average cost of six to $700,000 a unit.
And they have something, I always forget if it's measure H or measure HHH, but California, LA voters pass a bond measure, about a billion dollars, a little bit more, I think it was, to build affordable housing. Six years later, when I'm writing about this, they have built a couple thousand units at an average cost of six to $700,000 a unit.
And they have something, I always forget if it's measure H or measure HHH, but California, LA voters pass a bond measure, about a billion dollars, a little bit more, I think it was, to build affordable housing. Six years later, when I'm writing about this, they have built a couple thousand units at an average cost of six to $700,000 a unit.
So it's like it's costing more to build housing under this affordable housing bond measure, which they have agreed to pay for, than it is to buy a home. Market rate in Denver. Denver's a nice place to live. So why? What had happened?
So it's like it's costing more to build housing under this affordable housing bond measure, which they have agreed to pay for, than it is to buy a home. Market rate in Denver. Denver's a nice place to live. So why? What had happened?