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Re:A Growing Problem in Real Estate: Too Many Too Big Houses by pnutjam on Friday June 21, 2019 @09:26AM (#20242291)
True, good regulation is what is necessary. We need to get rid of the notion that the government never does anything right. It's simply not true and it's harmful.
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Re:A Growing Problem in Real Estate: Too Many Too Big Houses by woofie11 on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @09:50AM (#20284981)
Well, we have two notions:

1) Government can't do anything right, and we need no regulation.

2) Capitalism will f-k people over without regulation, and we need maximum regulation.

Neither is true. Markets work pretty well where they work, and regulations work pretty well when they're well-designed. Both work pretty badly when they're corrupted, gamed, or poorly-designed. I see very few discussions of what works well, versus a left-right push-pull.

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