In his bestseller Lower-Middle No Shougeki, Japanese economist Kenichi Ohmae urged young people not to buy into the fantasies of the middle class by pouring their money into the housing market.
知名日本經濟學者大前研一，在暢銷書《M 型社會》中就呼籲，在薪水有限、物價高漲的時代，年輕人實在沒必要懷著「中產階級」的虛幻意識，把錢「押注」在房地產市場，而且終其一生還得背負高額房貸。