Why the Prices Are So Damn High: Reply to Alex

Alex has already posted a reply to my critique of Why Are the Prices So Damn High?   Here’s my point-by-point reply, with Alex in blockquotes.

In contrast, my friend Bryan Caplan is not happy. Bryan’s basic point is to argue, ‘look around at all the stupid ways in which the government prevents health care and education prices from falling. Of course, government is the explanation for higher prices.’ In point of fact, I agree with many of Bryan’s points. Bryan says, for example, that immigrati...