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kibwen
9 hours ago
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Up to a Quarter of Rental Inflation Is Due to Pric...
There's a good reason that "rent-seeking" is one of the biggest insults you can hurl at a business model.
robertlagrant
8 hours ago
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Yes, because it's trying to make your business as legally necessary as a tax. It's to do with regulation, not renting things.
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kibwen
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No, it's to do with being a useless middleman who extracts wealth without serving any productive economic purpose. Regulation isn't required in the slightest.
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