How expensive it is to build things in the US is a big problem. Ezra Klein also did a piece about this a while back https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/opinion/

How expensive it is to build things in the US is a big problem. Ezra Klein also did a piece about this a while back https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/opinion/economy-construction-productivity-mystery.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/opinion/economy-construct... It's an "interesting" issue because it does seem to defy simple explanations.