Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021
by walkhour on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:02AM
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It's insane how these once affordable services like healthcare or university, that you could pay with a summer job, now take years off your life.
You may enjoy this article [0]. To quote from it:
> In the past fifty years, education costs have doubled, college costs have dectupled, health insurance costs have dectupled, subway costs have at least dectupled, and housing costs have increased by about fifty percent. US health care costs about four times as much as equivalent health care in other First World countries; US subways cost about eight times as much as equivalent subways in other First World countries.
You may enjoy this article [0]. To quote from it:
> In the past fifty years, education costs have doubled, college costs have dectupled, health insurance costs have dectupled, subway costs have at least dectupled, and housing costs have increased by about fifty percent. US health care costs about four times as much as equivalent health care in other First World countries; US subways cost about eight times as much as equivalent subways in other First World countries.
Of course adjusting for inflation.
Thank you for the book recommendation.
[0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/09/considerations-on-cost...