What I’m getting so far (from the reviews and your comment) is that deregulation could incentivize more housing construction, but there’s a massive asterisk that Klein and Thompson are avoiding.
My opinion so far is they either earnestly believe in the neoliberal promise that “if you just get out of the way, the free market can solve anything” or (more cynically) they’re seeding the terrain edify buzzwords for a Democratic comeback campaign.
Either way, you’ve convinced me to put it on my to-read list.
Yeah, I’ll send you a google docs link. I mean, they provide a lot of great examples about how regulation is halting progress on projects that pretty much everyone, regardless of political ideology, can agree are good. So, they have a point. But I feel like their conclusion is somewhat lacking in substance. This is not to say it’s not a great read. It’s just something that would benefit further analysis. Definitely let me know when you’ve finished reading it, if you wanna discuss it more. I don’t really know anyone who’s interested in this topic, so it’s nice to get a chance to discuss it.
If you’re down, absolutely.
What I’m getting so far (from the reviews and your comment) is that deregulation could incentivize more housing construction, but there’s a massive asterisk that Klein and Thompson are avoiding.
My opinion so far is they either earnestly believe in the neoliberal promise that “if you just get out of the way, the free market can solve anything” or (more cynically) they’re seeding the terrain edify buzzwords for a Democratic comeback campaign.
Either way, you’ve convinced me to put it on my to-read list.
Yeah, I’ll send you a google docs link. I mean, they provide a lot of great examples about how regulation is halting progress on projects that pretty much everyone, regardless of political ideology, can agree are good. So, they have a point. But I feel like their conclusion is somewhat lacking in substance. This is not to say it’s not a great read. It’s just something that would benefit further analysis. Definitely let me know when you’ve finished reading it, if you wanna discuss it more. I don’t really know anyone who’s interested in this topic, so it’s nice to get a chance to discuss it.