The yen bailout won’t fix Japan’s bond problem.
Yield-curve repression to finance endless spending doesn’t work, even in Japan, @AllisonSchrager writes. The government can only distort the price of risk for so long. Eventually, fiscal reality comes home to roost.
Incisive commentary on urban policy, politics, and culture. Published by @ManhattanInst and edited by @BrianACity.
- In San Francisco, the median asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment is more than $6,000—a 25.9% increase over the past year. Average asking rents across the San Francisco metro area have surpassed New York’s metro area for the first time since 2019.
- The main theme of Jason Arday’s work is that racism is grievously determinative in the lives of black Britons. His manner, in his usual way, suggests that no decent person could disagree with this take. Arday’s work displays no actual excellence, yet he gets praised to the skies


