The Sliced-Bread Theory of Economics
In 2026, Colorado, the state where I grew up and spent the last ten years of my life, became the 47th most expensive state in the United States in which to live. I've been keeping a budget about that long, and I can share the stats for our family grocery budget. It tracks. One of the biggest, if not THE single biggest, factor in making life difficult is housing. There simply isn't enough. I haven't really seen a government, from the small town city council up to the Federal government, address WHY. They just keep coming up with new temporary fixes for the problem. Build more houses. Try to give discounts to renters. Nobody's talking about why. Enter my Sliced Bread Theory of Economics. Say you have enough money to go to a small, yet regionally important small community and buy every single loaf of bread. All of it. The Wonder Bread, the fancy sourdough, the french bread loafs... all the bread. You take it home, and ...