> Instead, we have extremely vocal NIMBYs who lobby to get laws passed that benefit the rich minority of residents and harm everyone else. My point is that my

> Instead, we have extremely vocal NIMBYs who lobby to get laws passed that benefit the rich minority of residents and harm everyone else. My point is that my basic economic understanding makes me expect this to be how the legislators behave regardless of what the legislators know about economics. They may not in fact have any understanding of economics, but I wouldn't expect this to affect their behavior either way.