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Deregulation Can Fix the Housing Crunch

Increasing the supply of housing requires looser rules and fewer bureaucratic delays.

Reason

Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris: Two vastly different approaches to America’s housing crisis

Can either presidential candidate fix our country’s housing crisis?

Fortune

What Milton Friedman Got Wrong About Immigration and the Welfare State

He was wrong to think "You cannot simultaneously have a welfare state and free immigration."

Reason

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Essay on "How Constitutional Litigation Can Help End Exclusionary Zoning"

A guest post on economist Bryan Caplan's Bet On It substack.

Reason

Bryan Caplan: How Regulation Makes Housing More Expensive

Moving is no longer a viable way to grow your wealth in the U.S., says the author of Build, Baby, Build.

Reason

Compendium of Bryan Caplan's Guest-blogging Posts on His New Book "Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation"

A listing of his four posts on different aspects of the book and the issues it raises.

Reason

Setting Issue Priorities

How to prioritize public policy issues - and why it matters.

Reason

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Bryan Caplan, Guest-blogging About his New Book "Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation"

The book makes the case for massively deregulating housing markets.

Reason

Rent Free Q&A: Bryan Caplan on Build, Baby, Build

The George Mason University economist talks about his new housing comic book and how America could deregulate its way into an affordable urban utopia.

Reason

What Differentiates the Political Left and Right?

Matt Yglesias and Bryan Caplan offer contrasting theories. But neither fully works.

Reason

Upcoming Event on "Solving the Nation's Housing Shortage" [update]

Economist Bryan Caplan, former National Association of Home Builders Director Jerry Howard, and I will speak at event sponsored by the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Reason

Pros and Cons of Conformism—Rejoinder to Bryan Caplan

Two libertarian experts on public ignorance continue a debate about conformism.

Reason

A Qualified Defense of Qualified Conformism

Some thoughts occasioned by economist Bryan Caplan's new book "You Will Not Stampede Me: Essays on Non-Conformism."

Reason

Controversy Over an Important Article Finding Large Negative Effects of Zoning

Economist Brian Greaney may have found serious methodological errors in a much-cited 2019 article by Enrico Moretti and Chang-Tai Hsieh.

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Would Anarcho-Capitalism Be a Disaster?

Yaron Brook and Bryan Caplan debate the merits of anarcho-capitalism.

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Would Anarcho-Capitalism Be a Disaster? A Soho Forum Debate

Yaron Brook and Bryan Caplan debate the merits of anarcho-capitalism.

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In Virginia, No Degree Is No Problem

The state is the latest of several in recent months that have moved to eliminate college degree requirements for the vast majority of state government jobs.

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Bryan Caplan on NIMBYism and Economic Ignorance

Leading expert on political ignorance and housing comments on evidence indicating that ignorance, not self-interest, is at the root of most opposition to zoning reform.

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A Flawed Attack on "Libertarian Elitism" About Voter Ignorance

The authors raise some reasonable issues. But they misunderstand both the libertarians they critique and the problem of political ignorance itself.

Reason

Fewer People Are Going to College. Here's Why That's a Good Thing.

The time and money spent on college can often be used more productively.

The Guardian - US

This economist won every bet he made on the future. Then he tested ChatGPT

Bryan Caplan was skeptical after AI struggled on his midterm exam. But within months, it had aced the test

Reason

Capitalism, Socialism, and Fan Complaints About the Role of Giant Eagles in "The Lord of the Rings"

Economist Bryan Caplan explains how standard socialist complaints about free markets are similar to longstanding fan claims that Tolkien's Giant Eagles didn't do enough in the war against Sauron.

Reason

Help the Working Class by Deregulating Housing Construction

Economist Bryan Caplan explains how cutting back on zoning and other restrictions could create millions of new jobs for workers - on top of other beneficial effects.

Reason

Bryan Caplan on "Misinformation About Misinformation"

One of the world's leading experts on public knowledge and ignorance explains why consumers of misinformation are often as much to blame as producers.

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Higher Education Makes People More Libertarian

A major new British study reinforces the conclusions of previous research from the United States.

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