How San Francisco’s Open-Air Drug Dealers Work

Post by bsder » Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 4:42 AM UTC

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I wonder if many social problems are being "made worse" by the baumol effect. As productivity goes up in some areas of the economy, the relative cost of dealing with social problems goes up. Doctors, nurses, social workers, police - these professions are essential but not very scalable. You would expect that as you grow the economy, you have more resources to deal with homelessness, violence, drug addiction etc, but…

It’s not a money issue. These cities have all the money they can into reducing “homelessness” aka open air drug markets. It’s a policy issue. Get these guys off the street and tell them to get clean.