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Martin Wolf CBE is Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times.

Described as “the most important economics commentator in the world.”

I had such fun recording this. 

Thank you for sending in your questions.

If you’re a real estate investor, policymaker or fellow economics nerd, this episode is for you.

We covered:

The costs and benefits of land/property taxes.

→ The right thing to do, but destabilising?

How house price increases don't create growth.

→ They transfer wealth from young buyers to older owners. 

Cities like London can't be torn down and re-built.

→ Investors must embrace retrofit, urban intensification and greenfield development around stations. 

Career advice:

→ “Choose something that stimulates you. If it bores you, you’ll be bad at it.”

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