Deludedly Deeming Deregulation a Disaster

I posted this on Twitter two weeks ago.

Suppose housing deregulation drastically increased housing supply.

Housing prices fall 50%.

Living space per capita doubles.

What share of the U.S. population would nevertheless call housing deregulation a “disaster”?

— Bryan Caplan (@bryan_caplan) November 13, 2019

The results were much as expected. Housing deregulation could deliver everything its proponents promise. Housing deregulation could bring back a world where high school grads commonly buy...