Carbon pricing is at the frontline of the idea that we should tax what we want less of, instead of taxing what we want more of.

One of the few things every economist can agree on.

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There are 2 markets for homes:

1) for living
2) for wealth creation

These 2 are fundamentally at odds. Homes can't both be affordable and great investments.

The report finds housing investors are especially targeting:
- recently built housing &
- condo apartments (the most affordable housing for sale)

As of 2021, of all the condo apartments built over the previous five years, investors owned 49% in BC and 57% in Ontario.

Alberta wants to build up their Heritage Fund to $250-400B by 2050.

The right thing to do is pay everyone Alaska-style dividend cheques, for a very simple reason: it creates the missing link between citizens and their rights & duties as stewards of a shared natural inheritance.

Canada is pouring gasoline over the housing market by allowing longer mortgages and letting people spend retirement savings. This is not it.

Read more in my first X article:

Former Advisor to UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Mark Littlewood supports taxing land instead of work.

'If the purpose of tobacco tax is to deter you from smoking... alcohol tax is to deter you from drinking, what's the purpose of income tax? Deter you from working?'

Canada will allow 30-year mortgages for first-time home buyers. This means that for the same monthly payment you can get $50k more credit to bid housing prices higher, in exchange for paying $200k more in interest long-term.

A better solution would be land value tax. 1/4👇