Moves over: American house prices
Moves over: American house prices  
Podcast: The Intelligence from The Economist
Published On: Fri Sep 08 2023
Description: The highest interest rates in years should lead to a fall in house prices. But peculiarities of America’s mortgage market are driving them up. Egg-freezing was supposed to give women more control over childbearing; we look at scant data showing how successful it really is (10:57). And remembering Isabel Crook, an anthropologist who embraced China’s communist transformation, warts and all (15:44).  Join our team of audience-research participants and make a bit of cash here.
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