Long-term renters will benefit at the expense of newcomers

People who stay for lengthy periods of time in the same apartment often pay rents substantially below market value, while newcomers are faced with exorbitant prices for units sublet from other tenants. Distortions and inequities result. A book on housing and the homeless by William Tucker reports several examples: Actress Ann Turkel spends only two [...]

Capital Infows and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation – practice

Asian countries pegged their currencies to the US dollar in order to provide a foundation for economic stability, while they got on with the job of growing their economies. In a sense these dollar pegs did their job too well. With Asian currencies pegged to the US dollar, it appeared that the idea of currency [...]