A talk by Prof. Bryan Caplan: “Build, Baby, Build”
27 Sep 2024
TrustBridge will host a talk by Prof. Bryan Caplan: “Build, Baby, Build” on 27 September 2024, from 4 – 5.30 p.m. at our office in the VHAI building, Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi.
Abstract:
Housing regulation has pushed the price of housing in the United States to roughly double its cost of production. The effect in many other countries is probably even greater. This has not just sharply reduced living standards; it has also raised inequality, reduced economic mobility, harmed the environment, increased crime, and reduced fertility. Most of the standard negative externalities of housing could easily be addressed with Pigovian taxation, and in any case the positive externalities of housing likely exceed the negative. Regulation thrives because it is popular, and it is popular primarily due to economic illiteracy, innumeracy, and pessimistic bias.
The talk will be held in person at the TrustBridge office in New Delhi. If you would like to attend the talk, please RSVP: [email protected]