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Fantastic. I hope with all my heart that rezoning at least slows down price increases. It should certainly be done as widely as possible. But in the end I thin

Fantastic. I hope with all my heart that rezoning at least slows down price increases. It should certainly be done as widely as possible. But in the end I think we need to keep in mind that there will need to additional aggressive legislation to even keep prices flat relative to wages let alone reduce them.

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
On that note, does anyone know of any economist(s), or thinkers, who a have a comprehensive plan to change the way the housing market works?
- dvtrn 7y ago
  Not strictly limited to housing, but Vishaan Chakrabarti[1] speaks about urban development at large, and his book "Country of Cities"[2] is an engaging read. [1] https://www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/74-vishaan-chakrabarti https://www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/74-vishaan-chakrabarti [2] https://www.amazon.com/Country-Cities-Manifesto-Urban-America/dp/1935202170 https://www.amazon.com/Country-Cities-Manifesto-Urban-Americ...
- klipt 7y ago
  Henry George had some interesting ideas about the Land Value Tax.
- ajmurmann 7y ago
  Alain Bertaud might have the opposite of what you might want to call a "comprehensive plan". He makes great suggestions on how to give control back to the market and achieve better outcomes than the quasi, soviet-style, planned economy that our housing market is in the US (my words not his). Great interview with him on econtalk about his new book: http://www.econtalk.org/alain-bertaud-on-cities-planning-and-order-without-design/ http://www.econtalk.org/alain-bertaud-on-cities-planning-and... Edit: typo in author name.