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Rising Sea Levels Won’t Doom U.S. Coastal Cities

Harvard Business Review

In the summer of 2013, Rolling Stone published a long article titled “Goodbye, Miami,” which claimed that climate change will submerge much of the titular city. Real estate investors will have strong incentives to respond to these forecasts. But long before the city is completely underwater, chaos will begin.”

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What’s That You’re Calling a Bubble?

Harvard Business Review

They’ve also characterized the San Francisco Bay area’s real estate market over a far longer period. Estimates of future income are full of uncertainty, and choosing an appropriate discount rate is often more art than science. Economy Finance Managing uncertainty' Yet neither has collapsed.

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Building a Better Bitcoin

Harvard Business Review

The only way you can avoid losing money on your investment is for a greater fool to come along — in the case of real estate, a greater fool backed by an even-greater-fool lender — and take the asset off your hands. It remains something that people turn to in times of financial uncertainty such as now.

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