The community needs affordable housing and that requires meaningful targets for new developments. The only ones who will lose out are landholders who make windfall profits from rezoning.
Recently I got told this joke. Two economists are having lunch. One of them has to make a decision about changing jobs, moving cities, disrupting his family and so on. What should he do, he asks the other…
Unequal access to housing has considerable long-term effects far beyond just property ownership.
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Trump’s trickle-down economic ideas to cut taxes and invest in infrastructure may not go to plan. So it’s not the type of fiscal policy leadership the world needs.
Australia and Poland could adopt similar policies to protect against economic shocks from China and the EU, respectively.
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The ride-sharing app means different things in different countries. In Karachi and Lahore, it has highlighted economic inequalities.
Chinese premier Li Keqiang and Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev shake hands at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting, which will help facilitate transparent economic cooperation between Asian countries.
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China will have to play by international rules on transparency and accountability if it wants to secure its place as a leader for economic development in Asia.
Seems those sharp fangs worked.
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Private developers in China have been increasing their debt levels, research shows.
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A Trump victory in the US presidential election is unlikely, but then again, so was Brexit. If he does get elected, there may be severe economic and financial consequences.
Scott Morrison spoke to the Urban Development Institute of Australia on housing affordability.
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