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Re:Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 75 basis po... by peyton on Thursday September 22, 2022 @02:14AM (#32935306)
You’re talking about a how a centrally planned economy can in theory overcome market failure.

> Just incentivize builders to build 2 million units within a year with fiscal policy and bam, inflation is gone.

Why fiscal policy and not zoning laws or something? Why would giving money to developers lead to zero inflation?

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Re:Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 75 basis po... by nine_zeros on Thursday September 22, 2022 @10:12AM (#32939013)
> Why fiscal policy and not zoning laws or something? Why would giving money to developers lead to zero inflation?

The fiscal policy is meant to be a one-time, short term boost to the exact items that is causing CPI to go higher. The fiscal policy is meant to be timeboxed. A zoning law is a much more long term thing.

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