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0 pointsgingabriska6y ago0 comments

I must ask, does Paris or Luxembourg has slums like Mumbai has? Higher prices doesn't stop people below poverty line from coming to Mumbai and living below the standards here.

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barry-cotter6y ago

No, in part because they don’t have rent control that has frozen rents since 1947 or urban planning laws which make building densely illegal.

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2017/04/tw...

https://mru.org/courses/principles-economics-microeconomics/...

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0 pointsgingabriska6y ago0 comments

I must ask, does Paris or Luxembourg has slums like Mumbai has? Higher prices doesn't stop people below poverty line from coming to Mumbai and living below the standards here.

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barry-cotter6y ago

No, in part because they don’t have rent control that has frozen rents since 1947 or urban planning laws which make building densely illegal.

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2017/04/tw...

https://mru.org/courses/principles-economics-microeconomics/...

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