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> Blaming this on rent control? This entire take is absurd Rent control is one of the few topics where the vast majority of economists agree on something. It m
by Aurornis 2mo ago
> Blaming this on rent control? This entire take is absurd
Rent control is one of the few topics where the vast majority of economists agree on something. It makes people who don't understand second-order effects really angry when the conclusion doesn't match what they want to see, but it's been proven out across the world so many times that anyone who refuses to acknowledge the real problems with rent control is either uninformed or denying reality at this point.
- BoiledCabbage 2mo agoYou're proving my point. You just want to talk about rent control. Even when it's not the issue at hand. It's the equivalent of watching a kid fall and skin his knee and someone steps forward to get on a soap box about rent control. Rent control can be bad, but it's not even close to the cause of every problem in housing. Most importantly, it's not the cause here, and it's absurd to say it is.