"'An oppression of the weak by the incompetent and an exploitation of the poor by the lazy' - this is exactly what is happening in cities now to the people who have a relatively low income and a regular job." #QotD

"Albert Hirschmann used to [talk about] 'an oppression of the weak by the incompetent and an exploitation of the poor by the lazy,' and this is exactly what is happening now in [the world's most unaffordable cities] to the people who have a relatively low income and a regular job...
    "The test is: if a schoolteacher [say] who  has a job indispensable to the working of the city cannot afford to live within half an hour commuting time from his or her school, there is something wrong with our system: and this 'something wrong is entry due to to [planning and zoning] regulation. There is absolutely no reason for it."
          ~ Alain Bertaud, in conversation with Russ Roberts
             'On Cities, Planning, and Order Without Design'
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