Congrats Mike! Colonel By represent ;)

Assume a better can-opener.

I don't have the same data you do, but what's the R2 for parity house price ~ sales tax|Country as a random effect?

Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, and Greece have some of the highest shelter costs to income ratios. Some of them also have very low property related taxes. Finland, Italy, and France are the opposite, "affordable" but with high taxes.

How much traction do we get by reducing the cost of an unaffordable house to a still unaffordable house? Does more supply of unaffordable homes help ease the demand?

Is a $750,000 townhome affordable?

Interpolation is usually easy. It's extrapolation that's hard.

Ottawa Public Health ran contact tracing efforts (early 2021s) to understand the impacts of schools. In their methods section, they needed <1.5m for 15+ minutes to count as a 'contact'. Naturally, this couldn't explain all the sickness in schools, so they concluded it was all community driven.

Why did Nvidia let the US have a 10% stake in ownership? Well now the US has exposure to a drop in their market value.

Thank you, that's better framing.

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

Also works in reverse too, sadly.