Housing
Blame Overbearing Government for Gentrification, Not Just Neo-Liberalism
The exploding housing prices we see today are a result of policy decisions made decades ago.
As high housing prices become a more and more powerful force in determining the basic shape of our lives – where we get to live, what jobs we can apply for, what schools our children get to go to – there's a growing demand for some sort of explanation, some sort of narrative, about what's going on.
This week, James Frank Dy Zarsadiaz took a stab at articulating one popular version, which places blame firmly on "neoliberalism" and the unfettered market.