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by cool_dude85 2066 days ago
They offer an indirect source for the one explicit claim made in the article: 20% of the price increases in London due to laundering. It's not linked, and I wasn't able to find an article online, but the claim is credited to "Christoph Trautvetter of Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit"

Aside from that concrete claim, they offer a plausible explanation for why something that may make up a small proportion of sales could cause an outsized increase in prices. And they do draw comparisons to known cases in stock markets. So I think it's still an interesting article.

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"A plausible explanation" - sorry, no. They offer a "just so" story. Science it ain't.