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On the recordSeptember 3, 2024
You cannot expect the market to fix something after a natural disaster when it was--the market was already deeply dysfunctional beforehand.
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Katie Porter
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the inadequacy of market solutions for housing crises exacerbated by natural disasters.

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