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17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 28 Jan 2022 to 26 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under housing housing Everything filed under America America Everything filed under fiscal policy fiscal policy Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under inflation inflation Everything filed under the cloud the cloud Everything filed under investing investing Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: When rent is high relative to mortgage costs, people prefer to buy a home with a mortgage rather than rent. When rent is high relative to mortgagecosts, people prefer to buy a home with amortgage rather than rent. Last stated 2 years ago 28 Jul 2024 VM Varun Raj Manoharan — holds since 2024-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rents adjust to match what a region earns, which is why cities with flat or falling populations still get more expensive. — tap to centre the map on it Rents adjust to match what a regionearns, which is why cities with flator falling populations still getmore expensive. Last stated 4 years ago 11 May 2022 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2022-05-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Housing costs are driven by the price of land and regulatory permissions rather than construction costs. — tap to centre the map on it Housing costs are driven by theprice of land and regulatorypermissions rather than constructioncosts. Last stated 7 months ago 20 Apr 2026 PS Patrik Schumacher — holds since 2026-04-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: It has virtually never got cheaper to build a house or an office: construction costs rise at or above general inflation, in every rich country and over a century of data. — tap to centre the map on it It has virtually never got cheaperto build a house or an office:construction costs rise at or abovegeneral inflation, in every richcountry and over a century of data. Last stated 6 months ago 23 Apr 2026 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2026-04-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is only in dense cities that land dominates the price of a home, and there the land is expensive because of the rules limiting what can be built on it. — tap to centre the map on it It is only in dense cities that landdominates the price of a home, andthere the land is expensive becauseof the rules limiting what can bebuilt on it. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Apr 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Homeownership can act as a drag on financial security by making it harder to migrate to better job markets. — tap to centre the map on it Homeownership can act as a drag onfinancial security by making itharder to migrate to better jobmarkets. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jul 2026 JD Jerusalem Demsas — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Families tend to have inelastic demand for trading down to lower-quality housing. — tap to centre the map on it Families tend to have inelasticdemand for trading down tolower-quality housing. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Sept 2026 KE Kevin Erdmann — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Owning vs renting is the key distinction for clouds — tap to centre the map on it Owning vs renting is the keydistinction for clouds Last stated 4 years ago 3 May 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-05-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Home prices tend to moderate when investor market share rises and inflate when investor market share declines. — tap to centre the map on it Home prices tend to moderate wheninvestor market share rises andinflate when investor market sharedeclines. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 KE Kevin Erdmann — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 5 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Super Intelligence" is being used as a signal of fealty to President Trump. — tap to centre the map on it "Super Intelligence" is being usedas a signal of fealty to PresidentTrump. Last stated 4 weeks ago 11 Oct 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coalition from the US and EU to Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority should take Gaza from Hamas, rebuild it and demilitarise it — tap to centre the map on it A coalition from the US and EU toSaudi Arabia and the PalestinianAuthority should take Gaza fromHamas, rebuild it and demilitariseit Last stated 3 years ago 12 Oct 2023 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2023-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at theedge of the Overton window has tohold two cultures at once — the truebelievers and the seriousprofessionals who think they arecrazy — and integrating them is whatmakes it work. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done. — tap to centre the map on it A heavily centralised state is themost fragile kind: when Rome’scentre failed, its successors wereleft without the resources oradministration to do what it haddone. Last stated 5 years ago 28 Jan 2022 BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: ‘Chainsaw’ economics as tried by Truss, Musk and Milei did damage without achieving its goals. — tap to centre the map on it ‘Chainsaw’ economics as tried byTruss, Musk and Milei did damagewithout achieving its goals. Last stated a week ago 26 Oct 2026 WD William Davies — holds since 2026-10-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens. — tap to centre the map on it A country should raise revenue bytariffing foreign countries ratherthan by taxing its own citizens. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Jan 2025 DT Donald Trump — holds since 2025-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A crowd will always accept an indirect tax, however high, because it passes unperceived — tap to centre the map on it A crowd will always accept anindirect tax, however high, becauseit passes unperceived GB Gustave Le Bon — holds since c. 1895 — tap for who they are
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At the centre When rent is high relative to mortgage costs, people prefer to buy a home with a mortgage rather than rent. Last stated 28 Jul 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Varun Raj Manoharan Read this korrent →