Where’s the puzzle? I see nothing non-obvious here.
BTW I suspect many people favor or oppose bathroom laws not because they want to use certain bathrooms, or shelter their daughters from having to share bathrooms with certain people, but because the existence or non-existence of a bathroom laws is to them a kind of litmus test for the ideological climate in that jurisdiction more broadly.
The economic analysis is impeccable, of course. The distinction between political bias and economic confusion is inadequately distinguished, I think, The economic confusion is necessary to support the political bias intellectually! The beliefs of the overly credentialed Brahmins of the left are "luxury beliefs" that support their 'luxury policies".
That's the new class divide -- is between the working stiffs and the Brahmins.
Your critique of the implied warranty of habitability assumes low income tenants have market power. Tenants are forced to accept terrible conditions because the only alternative is being homeless. The IWH remedies this imbalance of power. Further, the IWH prevents landlords from extorting tenants due to the extremely high transaction costs of moving (particularly as a percentage of income and the high opportunity cost of not working). Curious your thoughts on these aspects of the IWH
If their only alternative is indeed homelessness, i.e. they are unable to afford high-quality housing, then it would seem likely that once landlords are forced to stop providing low-quality housing to them, homelessness will be the result.
A similar inconguity is between the libertarian philosophy that exalts the little man and the little man who ignores the libertarian philosophy. Apparently the little man wants something other than the maximum of liberty that libertarian philosophy promises him.
Your post brought two things to mind: Walter Block’s defense of slumlords and my future wife’s first apartment in NYC—we moved a couch and a window air conditioning unit up several flights of stairs.
Where’s the puzzle? I see nothing non-obvious here.
BTW I suspect many people favor or oppose bathroom laws not because they want to use certain bathrooms, or shelter their daughters from having to share bathrooms with certain people, but because the existence or non-existence of a bathroom laws is to them a kind of litmus test for the ideological climate in that jurisdiction more broadly.
The economic analysis is impeccable, of course. The distinction between political bias and economic confusion is inadequately distinguished, I think, The economic confusion is necessary to support the political bias intellectually! The beliefs of the overly credentialed Brahmins of the left are "luxury beliefs" that support their 'luxury policies".
That's the new class divide -- is between the working stiffs and the Brahmins.
Your critique of the implied warranty of habitability assumes low income tenants have market power. Tenants are forced to accept terrible conditions because the only alternative is being homeless. The IWH remedies this imbalance of power. Further, the IWH prevents landlords from extorting tenants due to the extremely high transaction costs of moving (particularly as a percentage of income and the high opportunity cost of not working). Curious your thoughts on these aspects of the IWH
If their only alternative is indeed homelessness, i.e. they are unable to afford high-quality housing, then it would seem likely that once landlords are forced to stop providing low-quality housing to them, homelessness will be the result.
simpler and better to eliminate govt barriers for competing landlords to force prices down/quality up
Your comments make sense as usual. I have no intention of moving to any state of the USA: I reckon I’m happier here in Spain.
A similar inconguity is between the libertarian philosophy that exalts the little man and the little man who ignores the libertarian philosophy. Apparently the little man wants something other than the maximum of liberty that libertarian philosophy promises him.
OT: David, have you intentionally set your post text to full justification? It's quite unpleasant to read on a small (i.e., phone) screen.
David,
Your post brought two things to mind: Walter Block’s defense of slumlords and my future wife’s first apartment in NYC—we moved a couch and a window air conditioning unit up several flights of stairs.