@williamglenn is being sarcastic. Bezos said the opposite. Fortunately, we have British Crime Survey data, so we know that what you posit - massive underreporting of rapes in the past - is real. (View Post)
It's not a silver bullet. But nothing is. Will it encourage *some* people to downsize? Yes. Will it also encourage more housebuildng, as the cost of a new home has just falled 7%? Yes. (View Post)
So what? I have an apartment in Central London that I use perhaps 100 days a year. That's not efficient use of housing. Either I should pay handsomely for the privelege of blocking housing that could… (View Post)