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Mr. Pete's avatar

Part of Kevin's problem is he has good important things to say that policy community needs to hear but he's a bad writer. I'm now like halfway through the piece and he still hasn't revealed what the "elephant" really is.

I've seen several things by him that are extremely convoluted full of clumsy inside jokes, which is counterproductive approach if you are a prophet trying to get the word out.

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Dave Stuhlsatz's avatar

Marginal Revolution provides a link to the new Glaeser/Gyourko paper and for the moment the comments section is actually coherent. But, no one has caught up to your thesis about mortgage suppression.

I do most of my internet trolling from the suburban comfort of a 1,000 s.f. bungalow that was probably marketed as a starter home in the Boston suburbs in the 1920's. That scale of house probably represents less than 1% of new construction in the detached single family market these days. Also, my lot size is non-conforming.

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