Tea with FT

As a former Executive Director of the World Bank I know that the columnists of the Financial Times have more voice than what I ever had, and therefore they might need some checks-and-balances.

Would a child shouting out “the Emperor is naked” have his observation published in FT? Would he now need a PhD for that to happen?

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Showing posts with label house financing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house financing. Show all posts
August 15, 2018

If building houses where they are actually wanted, which we should, what do we do with the unwanted lot?

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Sir, Robin Harding holds “What should not be in doubt is that supply limits are the single biggest problem with housing… reform the plannin...
March 21, 2018

Preferential access to bank credit for those buying houses have also turned houses in attractive investments, and so a house is no longer just a house

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Sir, I refer to Sarah O’Connor’s “ Cities only work if they accommodate rich and poor ” March 21. She is correct although it would be m...
July 15, 2017

High house prices, besides a function of low interest rates, is a function of senseless bank regulatory favoritism

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Sir, You write: “With or without a price crash, [resulting from interest rates rising] thinking about real estate must change… A house is n...
June 15, 2017

Basel rules favor building “safe” basements for children to live with parents over financing “risky” job creation

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Sir, Chris Watling writes “ Hig h house prices contribute to one of society’s great divides: that is between the haves and the have nots; b...
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