Rent Control or Bomb Damage? \ stacker news ~econ

323 sats \ 9 comments \ @SimpleStacker 14 Oct econ

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California has a new ballot proposition this year that's going to make it easier for cities and towns to enact rent control. In honor of their stupidity, let's play a game.

Apologies for the low-res images. They come from here: https://upsuckercreek.blogspot.com/2017/06/quiz-bombing-or-rent-control.html

The inspiration for this post came from: #694897

I'm also going to play this game with my students in class this week. Wish me luck!

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56 sats \ 1 reply \ @didiplaywell 15 Oct

Ahhhh the good ol rent control... we had so much fun with that here :')

15 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined fwd 15 Oct

I'm guessing you had ridiculous rent control agreements still in place from decades ago.

15 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined fwd 14 Oct

I think those are the same photos I used with my students.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 14 Oct

The blog I linked to is the only one I could find on the net with all 15 photos from the original book, with solutions.

There was another site with higher res scans, but it only had 3 of the photos.

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 14 Oct

what am I even looking at?

31 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 14 Oct

Photos of dilapidated and damaged buildings. The question is: did rent control cause this, or bomb damage?

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 14 Oct

How can you even tell with such low quality pictures?

57 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 14 Oct

You're right. Higher resolution images may be needed to tell the difference between bomb damage and rent control.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OriginalSize 14 Oct

High res versions are available on the blog.