Doom Spiral
Asking how the UK economy went wrong - and how to fix it. A sector-by-sector analysis of one of the most important countries in world economic history.
Doom Spiral
Housebuilding 1/4
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Rob and Alex
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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Rob and Alex discuss the heyday of British house building in the 1930s. How cheap labour, low interest rates and light regulation came together to generate a transformative building boom - and a cultural backlash to match it...
Intro
Alex's elevator pitch
When were things last this bad?
The current state of affairs
The heyday of British housebuilding
The four factors of productivity
The housebuilding magic number
Rates of housebuilding in the 1920s & 30s
The backlash to building
The regulatory environment
Losing legs and lives
Cheap money
Wrap-up
