This level of reporting is really silly. I'm always surprised how common it is to print a bunch of facts and/or speculations/opinions loosely wrangled together with two-bit economics. It's really insulting to the reader.
Even psychology doesn't get this kind of abuse. Can you imagine an article that lists off divorce rate, some happiness survey, psychiatric drug statistics and ties it all together narratively with a single-sentence theory about 21st century loneliness, stressful work lives, the trouble with living online social lives or anything else that an average tabloid reader might suggest as a reason.
Here we have some suggestion that tax evasion is involved, some stats about housing shortages, slum housing and no information relevant to the obvious question: why do people buy flats and them leave them empty?
>Can you imagine an article that lists off divorce rate, some happiness survey, psychiatric drug statistics and ties it all together narratively with a single-sentence theory about 21st century loneliness, stressful work lives, the trouble with living online social lives or anything else that an average tabloid reader might suggest as a reason.
Yes, that's pretty normal actually. People even think it's quite intellectual.
Even psychology doesn't get this kind of abuse. Can you imagine an article that lists off divorce rate, some happiness survey, psychiatric drug statistics and ties it all together narratively with a single-sentence theory about 21st century loneliness, stressful work lives, the trouble with living online social lives or anything else that an average tabloid reader might suggest as a reason.
Here we have some suggestion that tax evasion is involved, some stats about housing shortages, slum housing and no information relevant to the obvious question: why do people buy flats and them leave them empty?
Come on BBC.