The issue that is of most concern in Spain at the moment is access to housing. For many, it is the big problem in this country, setting historical highs both for purchases and rentals. Added to this is another important point, which is that salaries are not increasing in line with this rate. A fact that makes it even more difficult to become independent.
They spoke about this this weekend on the ‘laSexta
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First of all, he explained that “of course there are many people in Spain who find it difficult to make ends meet, for a multitude of reasons, that housing is very expensive, that prices have risen” and that “of course salaries have not risen as much as prices.” And, as he explained, “the way in which Spain is growing is a way in which the GDP grows but the GDP per capita does not, because we are growing with many workers.” Now, having said that, I appealed to that double responsibility.
“The price of housing can only be the responsibility of poor management by the 8,000 mayors of this country”
On the one hand, regarding the responsibility of public administrations, the economist stated that “the price of housing can only be the responsibility of poor management by the more than 8,000 mayors in this country.”
However, regarding salaries, he defended that “each person’s salary, the value of each person’s productivity depends, to a large extent, on each person’s personal decisions, such as what I study, what I don’t study, how I study, what I do or how intensely I work, how much I risk.”
Regarding the latter, he also added that “a society must be valued by how those who are doing worst are doing”, pointing out that “those who are doing worst today in Spain are not doing well and the GDP growth is not reaching them.”
“When you study something that has no outlets, you end up in a Burger King or a McDonald’s”
After Javier Díaz-Giménez’s statements, a worker wanted to respond by stating that there are “people with careers, and people who have done Journalism, who right now are in a Burger King or a McDonald’s.”
For the economist, this, in part, is due to poor personal management: “Indeed, when you study something that has no outlets, you end up in a Burger King or a McDonald’s,” concluding that “that is making a bad decision,” although he also warned that “it is not easy to get it right.”