"The irreconcilable differences between struggling homeowners and wealthy realtors led writer-director Ramin Bahrani to his title. On the one hand, the title refers to the big payday Carver and Nash are hustling towards. But in addition, Bahrani liked that 99 HOMES echoes Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz's coining of the now-ubiquitous phrase ""the 99%"" – referring to the vast majority of the world's populace who don't enjoy the mega-wealth of the 1%, who partake in nearly a quarter of the world's riches."
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