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Re:Cause of homelessness? Not drugs or mental illness, study... by kelseyfrog on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @07:22PM (#32077092)
Right, and a market didn't accomplish that. This did

> Julkisen vallan tehtävänä on edistää jokaisen oikeutta asuntoon ja tukea asumisen omatoimista järjestämistä.

Re:Cause of homelessness? Not drugs or mental illness, study... by comfypotato on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @06:36AM (#32080887)
Powers outside of the academic oversimplification of supply and demand are at play in both markets, US and Finland. What is your logic that differentiates that which leaves people homeless in the US as "the market at work"?
Re:Cause of homelessness? Not drugs or mental illness, study... by kelseyfrog on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @05:06PM (#32088766)
Basic economic definitions. The markets have no obligation to meet ineffective demand. In fact that's the real issue at stake. What does ineffective demand look like in housing markets: homelessness.
Re:Cause of homelessness? Not drugs or mental illness, study... by comfypotato on Thursday July 14, 2022 @06:35AM (#32094189)
Ineffective demand (in this case a sad thing) can be met, though [Finland], yet you say there is no problem. I’m upset by your callous remark.
Re:Cause of homelessness? Not drugs or mental illness, study... by kelseyfrog on Thursday July 14, 2022 @12:46PM (#32098435)
I see. I use being incorrect as a rhetorical device in order to be proven wrong so that we can have this conversation about how markets don't provide housing through ineffective demand. Saying something wrong on the internet is a good way to get people to make the arguments I want them to make.
Re:Cause of homelessness? Not drugs or mental illness, study... by comfypotato on Friday July 15, 2022 @05:20AM (#32106295)
Then I’m glad you don’t actually feel that way.