The housing theory of everything
“But whether this or another approach is the best solution is not the key question. What matters is that housing shortages may be thebiggest problem facing our era, and solving it needs to become everyone’s highest priority. And as important as it is, we should be wary of letting it become politically tribalised: the disastrous politicisation of Covid vaccines in the United States highlights the danger of that. Some kind of creative, below-the-radar solution that turns this zero-sum game into a positive-sum one is likely to have a better chance.”
Long read but really does a great job of highlighting just how important housing is to society. If you were able to attend MLS Reset you got to hear Prof. Bryan Caplan speak about similar themes and how increasing housing might just be a true panacea this country needs. Which he also wrote about in his book, Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation.
