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you are an economist. eliminating zoning laws and HOAs would make construction of houses cheaper, saving lots of people lots of money, but the construction companies would be less profitable. do you argue in favor of unnecessarily complex building codes sothat the company stays profitable at the expense of the population?
That depends. How much is the population offering me to advocate in favor of them, and how much are the construction companies offering?
what if it's the population who wants you to use the zoning laws and HOAs to restrict the supply so the value of their investment in their home doubles every 10-15 years?
and the developers have nothing to do with it. because waht they do is just build luxury housing now becaues it has a higher margin than non-luxury units, and you can only build a handful of homes each year in this town thanks to the zoning laws.
Gotta add on another level.
Zoning laws and HOA's give larger construction companies a significant competitive advantage over smaller companies. This limits competition and drives up the cost while also degrading the average quality of the construction as the larger companies seek to maximize profits.
I've never seen an economist argue is favor of non-safety related building codes. Ever.
I'm an absurdist and I have a shitty degree in economics if you want to check something off your bucket list
If you can hold the mandatory economist's compulsion to be liberal for long enough to write a coherent argument for that intervention, I'm willing to count it and update my opinion.
define liberal. i know seven definitions
Somebody that defends personal freedom.
Okay, give me some time I am off for the night. Wait until I am high as fuck and trying to sleep or just had some good coffee and an empanada on... Friday?