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By Jekaterina Liachovic

No matter how “inelastic” the demand, excessively high prices cannot persist indefinitely without human action.

I had never heard of this law before. The idea's pretty straightforward, though, if a bit arbitrary.

I suppose revolutions are a good way of bringing down land prices to the point where the revolutionaries can afford them.

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An effective way, maybe

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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fenix 28 Sep

It’s like “If it’s expensive, don’t buy. But if it’s necessary, find substitute.”

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Right, prices will still come down even though people need to find something that fills the same role.

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