The Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy @lispop.bsky.social · 24/06/2025 When asking whether this is good for the respondents' household itself, German and British homeowners do not really differ. Surprise, Germans are self-interested too! 4. 100
The Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy @lispop.bsky.social · 24/06/2025But when asked whether the projected increase in house prices is good for the *economy as a whole*. Wow. British home owners have a ~50% more positive evaluation of this trend than do German homeowners. Interestingly, the effect is almost exclusively driven by a *drop* in evaluations by renters. 5. 100
The Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy @lispop.bsky.social · 24/06/2025It seems as though it is really renters who are are most sensitive to the deleterious social consequences of rising house prices in a minimal welfare state. 6 100
