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Kept waiting for the satirical 'turn', but it never appeared.

(not trolling) Are there any examples that support this claim:

>The market can never provide housing as cheaply as a properly functioning local/state government.

[kavabean]

The housing and urban development department puts out price indices for construction of various types per sqft. https://www.amazon.com/Construction-Cost-Indices-Supportive-...

You will find these are not far off industry average.

I don't know of a quantative model of the local financial system that fully implements the factors I mention, but these ideas are getting more traction because of the practically western-world-wide housing crisis.

I guess decent models are forthcoming to study these effects.