There is no “housing shortage,” with over 9 months’ supply of unsold houses, the most since the Housing Bust. But prices are still too high.
Read more...Hudson reviews how economics has misrepresented the evolution of money and land ownership and promoted oligarchy.
Read more...On the burgeoning homeless problem in Portland, and the city’s well-meaning but insufficient measures.
Read more...What were the causes behind Grenfell Tower’s beautiful, smooth facade?
Read more...A short update on the housing market.
Read more...The increase in interest rates is finally denting mortgage and housing activity of all sorts.
Read more...In most US markets, there are more homes waiting to be sold than last year, How long will it take for overhang to lead to lower prices?
Read more...The housing market is starting to unravel at the lower end, with new home purchases taking the biggest hit.
Read more...The development and future of America’s hegemony is a major focus of Michael Hudson’s new book, The Destiny of Civilization.
Read more...Why it’s more fun and profitable to be in the bubble economy than the real one.
Read more...A worrisome case study of helpless and inaction in New York City tenants.
Read more...e federal government has enables the private market to profit from housing. Time for a public option for housing?
Read more...Is the housing market about to hit a tipping point?
Read more...Rents are up a lot in most places in the US of any consequence. Not all tenants are keeping pace.
Read more...At the U.N. climate summit in 2021, 141 countries – including Brazil – signed a pledge to end deforestation by 2030. Yet land grabs continue to place the Amazon ecosystem at risk.
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