Date: May 11th, 2005

Slums are “economically rational”

11 May, 2005 (09:13) | Primer Posts |

… and bad.  Because they are economically rational, they come into being any time the conditions are right. 
 

Philadelphia, mid-twentieth century
 
Because they are bad, we need government-incentivized affordable housing.
 

The ‘law of economic gravity’
 
            Simply put, uneconomic endeavors cannot survive.  In the long run, the economics must work – that is, recurring income must exceed recurring [...]