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Everything filed under housing housing Everything filed under America America Everything filed under Europe Europe Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Whether higher yields spare land or take more of it depends on how open the market for the crop is, so staples spare land and globally traded crops often do not. Whether higher yields spare land or takemore of it depends on how open the marketfor the crop is, so staples spare land andglobally traded crops often do not. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Raising yields on land already farmed is what keeps farming from taking more of the wild world. — tap to centre the map on it Raising yields on land alreadyfarmed is what keeps farming fromtaking more of the wild world. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes. — tap to centre the map on it The claim that higher yieldsbackfire and end up increasingfarmland is much weaker than theliterature assumes. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: An economy running on muscle power has a hard and low ceiling on total production, because its only real input is land and the returns to more of it fall away fast. — tap to centre the map on it An economy running on muscle powerhas a hard and low ceiling on totalproduction, because its only realinput is land and the returns tomore of it fall away fast. Last stated 4 years ago 26 Aug 2022 BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Believing that higher yields do not spare land would push investment away from the thing that actually protects wild habitat. — tap to centre the map on it Believing that higher yields do notspare land would push investmentaway from the thing that actuallyprotects wild habitat. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Higher yields alone do not protect habitat locally; they have to be paired with zoning, payments or certification or the land is cleared anyway. — tap to centre the map on it Higher yields alone do not protecthabitat locally; they have to bepaired with zoning, payments orcertification or the land is clearedanyway. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Pre-modern subsistence farmers were minimising the risk of starvation rather than maximising output, and their apparently backward practices are rational once that is understood. — tap to centre the map on it Pre-modern subsistence farmers wereminimising the risk of starvationrather than maximising output, andtheir apparently backward practicesare rational once that isunderstood. Last stated 6 years ago 24 Jul 2020 BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2020-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food it has. — tap to centre the map on it It is false that the world needs nomore food and only betterdistribution of the food it has. Last stated a year ago 13 Jul 2025 MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2025-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Growing food to put in cars is a mistake at a moment when the world should be farming less land, not more. — tap to centre the map on it Growing food to put in cars is amistake at a moment when the worldshould be farming less land, notmore. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Sept 2023 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2023-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign. — tap to centre the map on it A house is built by trades thatbarely coordinate with each other,which is what makes housing cheap todesign and almost impossible toredesign. Last stated 2 years ago 2 Apr 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Affordability is not a property of a building; it is a price set in a transaction, so there is no such thing as affordable housing, only affordable prices. — tap to centre the map on it Affordability is not a property of abuilding; it is a price set in atransaction, so there is no suchthing as affordable housing, onlyaffordable prices. Last stated 4 years ago 4 Jan 2023 DH Daniel Herriges — holds since 2023-01-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building a lot of housing in an expensive city will not lower rents there; it lowers them in the cheaper places that were absorbing its spillover demand. — tap to centre the map on it Building a lot of housing in anexpensive city will not lower rentsthere; it lowers them in the cheaperplaces that were absorbing itsspillover demand. Last stated 2 years ago 29 May 2024 DH Daniel Herriges — holds since 2024-05-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 3 weeks ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot have radicaltechnological breakthroughs and alsorefuse to tolerate uncomfortablyrich people, because the financialsystem it resents is what funds theinnovation. Last stated a year ago 13 Aug 2025 KJ Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it A country's large trade deficit inmanufactured goods reduces itsmanufacturing employment below whatit would be with balanced trade. Last stated today 7 Sept 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — 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 a month ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. — tap to centre the map on it A new world order based on raw poweris being drawn right now, and Europehas to fight for its place in it. Last stated 12 months ago 10 Sept 2025 UL Ursula von der Leyen — holds since 2025-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny fraction of ancestry cancarry the most important thing abouta population: Yamnaya is only a fewpercent of DNA in India and yet itbrought the language. Last stated 4 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Whether higher yields spare land or take more of it depends on how open the market for the crop is, so staples spare land and globally traded crops often do not. Last stated 13 Mar 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Linus Blomqvist Read this korrent →