你或许会认为:过去十年的住房地产泡沫及随后爆发的危机会让人们对普遍自置居所持怀疑态度,而且各国政府也不会愿意出手支持自置居所。然而,我们又一次看到了如下情况:尽管财政持续紧缩,英国联合政府却在推进其“购房援助”计划;美国国会也仍在捍卫住房抵押贷款利息税减免政策。这种经济政策相当于一面让个人和社会承担肥胖症流行的代价,一面继续补贴玉米和牛肉生产。 You may think that the real estate bubble of the past decade and the ensuing crisis will make people suspicious of universal home ownership and will not be willing to go all out to support home ownership. However, we once again saw the following situation: Despite the continuous fiscal austerity, the British coalition government is advancing its “housing assistance” program; and the U.S. Congress is still defending the mortgage interest tax relief policy. This economic policy amounts to the continuation of the subsidy of corn and beef production at the expense of individuals and societies at the cost of obesity.