Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Ep. 373 Rebroadcast)
Freakonomics Radio
English - March 12, 2020 03:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsDocumentary Society & Culture dubner productions stitcher stephen j. dubner freakonomics radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As cities become ever-more expensive, politicians and housing advocates keep calling for rent control. Economists think that’s a terrible idea. They say it helps a small (albeit noisy) group of renters, but keeps overall rents artificially high by disincentivizing new construction. So what happens next?