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Jerusalem keeps building, and residents keep getting priced out. This episode works through an argument that the city's callousness toward its own residents isn't a character flaw — it's fiscal design. Residential Arnona doesn't cover the services those residents consume, commercial property pays roughly four times more per square meter, and the city runs a deep operating deficit. Put those together and the behaviour explains itself. From there: who's actually buying, why the developer is the fulcrum of the whole machine, and what inclusionary zoning, density bonuses, land value capture, and community land trusts can and can't do. Plus Berlin, where the argument's far end looks like expropriating two hundred thousand apartments. Key sources: • NYU Furman Center Housing Solutions Lab — https://www.housingsolutionslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Evaluating-Inclusionary-Zoning-Policies_V3.pdf • Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research — https://jerusaleminstitute.org.il/en/blog/business-arnona-2/ • Milken Innovation Center — https://milkeninnovationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Sustainable-Jerusalem-Lab-report-English.pdf Episode 5874 — myweirdprompts.com/n/5874 (permanent short link: myweirdprompts.com/193871)