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Politics vs Economics: What Politicians Misunderstand About Markets

Many Happy Returns

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The Benefits of the Help to Buy Policy

George Osborne tweeted that the help to buy policy has boosted house building. But a report last year found it inflated house prices by more than their subsidy value. In London, if you look at the median house price paid under help to buy, that increased from 323,000 in Q3 of 2015 to 447,000 in 2016.

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