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Re:The case to legalize single-stair multifamily housing by zo1 on Friday January 19, 2024 @06:44AM (#39054340)
Side answer. This kind of regulation lifts GDP by mandating some sort of economic activity. A barber in a room in his house means less rental, less money for commercial real estate company, less money spent buying "commercial" chairs and commercial chemicals. And thousands of other things I can't even fathom as the scope of this problem is huge and so intertwined with all other economic activity.
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Re:The case to legalize single-stair multifamily housing by JackFr on Friday January 19, 2024 @08:41AM (#39055268)
That’s nonsense. It does not lift GDP any more than breaking windows does. It redirects labor and capital from one use to another.
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Re:The case to legalize single-stair multifamily housing by pertymcpert on Saturday January 20, 2024 @11:15PM (#39075491)
What are you on about? It does the exact opposite.

I can’t believe I’m seeing this on HN.

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Re:The case to legalize single-stair multifamily housing by zo1 on Monday January 22, 2024 @02:12AM (#39087116)
What do you mean? This is a perfectly possible / valid theory, you're welcome to try poke at it if you're open to debate instead of dismissing me.
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Re:The case to legalize single-stair multifamily housing by pertymcpert on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @01:57AM (#39187140)
It's the broken window fallacy. There's literally a fallacy named after the very thing you're espousing.
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