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March 28, 2007

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dearieme

It's time you wrote more about cooking.

Marcin Tustin

Maybe attitudes become correlated because of widely-reported macroeconomic forecasting?

Marcin Tustin

More seriously, social pressures, and inaccurate mass media portrayals of lifestyles might well cause behaviours to become correlated.

bishop hill

I wouldn't mind some social pressures with Nigella myself.

Rob Hayward

You're not suggesting that these assets will start deflating - are you?

Matt Munro

Game theory. The assumption is that with a free market in housing (which we don't have but anyway) individuals will make rational choices based on self interest. At a societal level the result is a perfect market, responsive and flexible enough to meet all needs.
The psychology of home ownership is Social Comparison theory - keeping up with the Joneses

Mark Wadsworth

Why the picture of that lovely cuddly lady off the telly?

ian

'cos most of us would rather look at her than her dad?

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