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0 pointssyrgian1y ago0 comments

Buy houses and lots, keep them empty, and speculate on their value.

Or just build their 6th mansion that uses a plot of land that could fit 400 apartments, keeping the people underneath them commuting 1 hour from their 80 square meter apartment.

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randomdata1y ago

> Buy houses and lots, keep them empty, and speculate on their value.

But then the profit is given to whomever previously owned the property. What are they going to do with it?

> Or just build their 6th mansion

That puts people to work, violating the premise here.

yowzadave1y ago

You should familiarize yourself with the actual research on this topic, since ill-informed speculation on well-studied topics doesn't contribute to a helpful discussion. The subject you want to study is called "marginal propensity to consume."

randomdata1y ago

> You should familiarize yourself with the actual research on this topic

That's why we are here, but, frankly, I'll take ill-informed speculation over whatever the hell this is. What on earth is the point of using a discussion forum if you are going to outsource the useful words to other people? If they wanted to contribute to the discussion, they would do so themselves.

In fairness, perhaps you accidentally hit submit before you were finished?

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randomdata1y ago

> Buy houses and lots, keep them empty, and speculate on their value.

But then the profit is given to whomever previously owned the property. What are they going to do with it?

> Or just build their 6th mansion

That puts people to work, violating the premise here.

yowzadave1y ago

randomdata1y ago

> You should familiarize yourself with the actual research on this topic

In fairness, perhaps you accidentally hit submit before you were finished?

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