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The Global Housing Crisis: Why It’s Not Just Us
Soaring home prices aren’t just an American problem—they’re happening everywhere. Tim Lucas and Craig Berry explore how housing affordability has collapsed across developed nations, why Japan is the strange exception, and what global patterns reveal about our future.In this episode you’ll learn:The global scale: In the UK, if egg prices rose like housing, a dozen would cost $120—a symbol of widespread market dysfunction.Japan’s opposite crisis: A shrinking population has created over 9 million vacant homes, some selling for under $10,000.Falling fertility: With U.S. fertility at 1.6, and…
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