tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post5751481694220067078..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Barkley Rosser — Three Quarters Of Population Fear Losing Homes, So Fear Dominates Complacencymike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-72033104285412669052017-03-20T09:42:31.413-04:002017-03-20T09:42:31.413-04:00Another great reason to have funny money loans is ...Another great reason to have funny money loans is to artificially "stimulate" house building and sprawl, inflating housing to unsustainable price levels and then blaming it all on "the free market".<br /><br />If it weren't for dilution of the money supply through fiat funny money, people wouldn't need to find an "inflation hedge" since there wouldn't be any inflation. <br /><br />Artificially inducing sprawl through government policy is great for climate change too, right? <br /><br />Plus, it's just really good policy to use the government to artificially increase the price of housing out of the reach of average people, right? And then you can blame that on "the free market".Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-44688622970592850202017-03-20T09:14:09.301-04:002017-03-20T09:14:09.301-04:00Ha! We've got them exactly where we want them!...Ha! We've got them exactly where we want them!Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.com