The REAL reason behind the housing crisis

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters share it as a counterargument to the YIMBY build-more-housing view, linking wealth concentration to asset prices.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Garys Economics

Topic

housing economics

Format

commentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2025–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I wonder what you'd think about this video from Gary's Economics about the housing crisis: [VIDEO] It feels to me like a good faith counterargument to the YIMBY build more housing line of thought, so might be an interesting perspective

• This situation has played out in every developed nation, do you really think NL is unique? Look at any country in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, China, … and they all have a huge issue with inflated asset prices (housing, stocks, gold) because wealth …

• > Now suppose construction is cheap and zoning doesn't prohibit this. For 10% of the cost of the land, we could build a condo tower on that same piece of land. Ten stories, 100 housing units. The cost of a unit just went by down …