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Since when does the Economist advocate for Ingsoc?
Martin Luther King said: "Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social." Free Exchange seems to be want a world with the worst characteristics of both.
Why stop at homeowners? There is no logical reason for my wife and children to live with me, except for the pathetic romance of seeing the same people all the time. My office is in the city, and the rug factory where my son's small hands are needed to knot wool is all the way in Pakistan. By living together, my family is really building inefficiency into the economy, and keeping the cost of fine carpets much higher than they need to be.
These guys sound bitter, like they lost a lot of money in subprime mortgages.