Date: July 31st, 2007

The evolved rent-control landlord: Part 1, the complaint

31 July, 2007 (10:00) | Markets, Rent control, Theory | No comments

Rent control, as I’ve posted on many occasions, survives in spite of the fact that there is no economic or public-policy case for it; rather, once rent control is enacted as a short-term political fix, it embeds itself into the society, with ever-more-fierce defenders among its ever-less-market-connected beneficiaries. 
 

I’m defending my right to be here
 
Meanwhile, […]