Economist (mainly ecological macro, housing, rent theory). Honorary Fellow at UCL's IIPP. Proud to have helped set up the London Renters Union✊. Co-author #LandForTheMany.
Finally, we have data to show vast majority of landlords earn supernormal returns: even with high interest rates, 63% outperform a 60:40 equity-gilt portfolio & 71% beat the broader real estate sector. Proud to have co-authored this with @autonomy-institute.bsky.social autonomy.work/portfolio/th...
Looking foward to speaking at this symposium!
Jeremy GilbertHousing, Power and Property - event at UEL, December 12th www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-po...
Love these guys
Patriotic Millionaires UKA fun afternoon with our members at their local club, @leytonorientfc.bsky.social. We were proud match sponsors and had a great time cheering on the O's. Patriotic millionaires will always be on the side of the people. It's time to tax the super rich. #TaxWealthNotWork #WealthTaxNow
Haha, published a report last week – Taking Stock: a foundation for future housing strategy – and my friend asked ChatGPT to rewrite it in style of an 18th Century broadside. Gotta admit it's quite lolz👇. Anyway, ICYMI, exec summary is a 10min read here: darkmatterlabs.notion.site/hdce-takings...
📣Hot off the press! Taking Stock: A foundation for future housing strategy. We challenge persistent myths about the housing crisis and highlight ways to meet housing need within environmental limits. First output for 🏠Homes that Don’t Cost the Earth🌍. Read a 10 min summary: tinyurl.com/mu59kb29
Interesting research from Xavier Jaravel reveals "a clear and systematic gap in inflation rates across income percentiles, reflecting the varying consumption patterns of households at different income levels". He's made the data publicly available - link from article. (h/t @chrismwhayes.bsky.social)
VoxEU @ CEPRXavier Jaravel finds that a substantial number of individuals in the #US considered above the #poverty line based on the official CPI actually fall below it due to different #inflation dynamics, and may be missing out on poverty alleviation programmes. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky
In Dec '23 I conducted a message-testing study in which 66% of the 264 landlords in my sample were persuaded to back rent controls. 🤯 Now @cmmonwealth.bsky.social have done a straight poll and found 44% of landlords back rent controls *without any persuasion*! Nice job @sachahilhorst.bsky.social ! 🙌
Common Wealth🚨 NEW POLLING: Our latest @yougov.co.uk polling has found that 44% of landlords would SUPPORT rent controls (based on location & quality of the property) Support: 44% Oppose: 47% Don’t know: 9% Here’s what else our polling found. 🧵⬇️ www.common-wealth.org/publications...