{"id":77,"date":"2010-09-14T15:38:58","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T22:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterhouseplans.com\/blog\/?p=77"},"modified":"2022-12-16T03:36:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T11:36:49","slug":"if-housings-the-economys-engine-it-better-get-a-jump-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterhouseplans.com\/blog\/if-housings-the-economys-engine-it-better-get-a-jump-start\/","title":{"rendered":"If housing&#8217;s the economy&#8217;s engine, it better get a jump start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talk in the home builder and developer trenches going into this past weekend waxed academic, focusing on an analysis that flashes harsh light on the real<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-78\" title=\"Wall Street Graph\" src=\"\/\/www.monsterhouseplans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Wall-Street-Graph.jpg\" alt=\"Wall Street Graph\" width=\"474\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsterhouseplans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Wall-Street-Graph.jpg 474w, https:\/\/www.monsterhouseplans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Wall-Street-Graph-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>ity of a rebound. Then, lo, authors of said analysis, Steven Gjerstad and Vernon Smith of Chapman University (Orange, Calif.), show up with an op-ed piece in the Saturday <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>. Briefly, they say, recoveries just don&#8217;t get going unless housing gets going first. Likely take-away? Policy makers won&#8217;t be able to resist more plans to fix housing. <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704358904575478083619331668.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk in the home builder and developer trenches going into this past weekend waxed academic, focusing on an analysis that flashes harsh light on the reality of a rebound. 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