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Housing Bubble Week Epilogue: Not All Bubbles Are Created Equal - Vernon Smith

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The Risks of Housing Bubbles

Australia has the second highest household debt to GDP ratio on the planet. The downturn in Australian house prices between 2017 and 2019 failed to produce a recession. As this episode's guest argues, the gravest risk posed by housing bubbles is the harm that the price down cycle inflicts on balance sheets. Vernon Smith shared the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002 with Daniel Kahneman.

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