11 sats \ 5 replies \ @Bell_curve 9h \ parent \ on: Voters Love the Policies That Economists Love to Hate econ
Reminds me of the story about your daughter arguing against rent control and she couldn’t find any experts who oppose it
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50 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 9h
Not rent control, actually. Forgot if I misspoke. It was more so the concept of public housing that she couldn’t find much articles against.
Rent control is actually something even mainstream economists oppose
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41 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 8h
Have you ever played the "Bomb Damage or Rent Control" game with your students?
It's pretty fun.
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41 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker OP 7h
No. I don’t think I’ve heard of that but I think I know what it is lol
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34 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 7h
IIRC, it's something Walter Williams came up with. I tried it with an intro class and we had some dark fun with it.
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13 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 7h
Public housing has a terrible record since 1965
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