tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post3206813450238024684..comments2023-12-09T00:49:20.257-05:00Comments on WWVB : What Would Vannevar Blog?: Pity the Poor HomeOwners, Blessed be the RentersVannevarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-26785789948000088132010-06-08T19:40:08.014-04:002010-06-08T19:40:08.014-04:00I have no idea who Jim Russell is, but it is certa...I have no idea who Jim Russell is, but it is certainly good to keep in mind the difference between economic efficiency and making your life better. This often hinges on who gets to keep the gains from greater efficiency.<br /><br />But, the talk about removing the mortgage interest deduction seems a bit unfair since a landlord is able to deduct interest on a rental property. (I know that most people proposing to end the mortgage interest deduction talk about off-setting tax cuts, but those seem much less likely to actually happen.)MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-19479185197357956692010-06-08T12:35:08.824-04:002010-06-08T12:35:08.824-04:00This.
I brought this up last year when the Atlant...This.<br /><br />I brought this up last year when the Atlantic ran Florida's first article in his new thesis-mongering expedition.<br /><br />http://www.murderingmouth.com/2010/01/18/the-best-summary/<br /><br />Jim Russell would not agree with us on the idea that stability can coexist with prosperity, though:<br /><br />http://www.murderingmouth.com/2010/01/11/is-mobility-bad-for-durability/<br /><br />The issue I brought up in separate discussions was "who gets to be the elite landowners?" The idea is basically that we need to de-equalize society back into the lords and commons, so that the commons can better provide a mobile labor force for the lords (and the corporations they own).<br /><br />Most of Florida's ideas end up with this sort of logical dead-end (eg, the creative class is essentially the highly paid rich kids; those who can 'choose their city' are essentially so well paid that cost of living is immaterial to them).<br /><br />But then when anyone brings this up he starts talking about how a good bunch of government regulations (minimum wages, social benefits) could cure that, but never manages to put that into the actual thesis, in writing, lest dewey-eyed decision-makers drop him like a hot potato.Mark Arsenalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577014392699564592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-36212352939849071632010-06-08T10:07:51.198-04:002010-06-08T10:07:51.198-04:00Aren't both groups largely the same people at ...Aren't both groups largely the same people at different phases of life. Pittsburgh is my fourth city, but I have no more intention of hoping around like I did in the past.MHnoreply@blogger.com