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by robocat 30 days ago
> housing has been turned into a zero sum game

Not really. Land has always been zero-sum because there is a limited amount to compete for.

And location is status, even in high density developments (status is often seen as zero-sum).

Book review of Bird's The Land Trap that contains nice detail of unobvious monetary implications: https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/book-review-the-la...

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>Not really. Land has always been zero-sum

What? Yes, but you misunderstand.

When you (intentionally) make expanding the housing supply illegal or practically impossible, then you've turned housing into a zero-sum game.