This week, recount my personal experience during the eve of Y2K, purchasing our first home, and navigating through the American caste system as a new landlord. I look at the tax policies and systemic inequalities that favor property owners, using my journey to shed light on broader societal issues.
Non-Sponsor: This week's episode is not sponsored by RealPage, a company under FBI investigation for its landlord price-fixing software.
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Mentioned this week:
The American Prospect: How an 'Algorithm' Turned Apartment Pools Green
ProPublica: Rent Going Up? One Companies Algorithm Could Be Why
Cory Doctorow on Capitalism's Comfortable Sociopathy
