1. mitigatedchaos reblogged this from bariumsulfateacetone and added:
    For instance, though this is less Singaporean, suppose that the things social conservatives complain about are true...
  2. bariumsulfateacetone reblogged this from mitigatedchaos and added:
    What do you mean by “become Singapore”?
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  5. mitigatedchaos said: They’re already doing this but basically just burning the money instead.
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  7. jadagul reblogged this from academicianzex and added:
    Pretty sure the 40x rule is actually a “how likely is this person to pay their rent?” thing. Around here it’s phrased as...
  8. wirehead-wannabe reblogged this from academicianzex and added:
    The model here assumes that rent is a positional good where you pay to not live around poor people, and tries to find...
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  10. thefutureoneandall reblogged this from mitigatedchaos and added:
    Huh, this dovetails really nicely with my comments on how this actually happens in practice.Because doing this openly...
  11. speakertoyesterday reblogged this from dataandphilosophy and added:
    Why would landlords do this and not capture the gains themselves?
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    I think the OP means that they pay an amount equal to what their rent would be, but they pay that instead of rent.Or, to...
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  16. drethelin reblogged this from dataandphilosophy and added:
    http://lifehacker.com/figure-out-how-much-rent-you-can-afford-with-the-40x-ru-1725085955 a version of this is already a...
  17. dataandphilosophy reblogged this from mitigatedchaos and added:
    It’s not obvious to me why it isn’t competitive. If A makes 10 per month and spends 4 on housing, 2 on saving money, 3...
  18. shacklesburst reblogged this from wirehead-wannabe and added:
    I … don’t get this at all. An amount equal to their rent? So if I pay $1000 a month, I’ll instead pay $2000, with $1000...
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  24. drethelin said: This exists in NYC
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  28. wirehead-wannabe said: So, like a monthly deposit where you get it all back at the end?
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