Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Ryan Moulton - GoodreadsYglesias makes a convincing argument for a surprising cause of US's worsening economic inequality : Pervasive low-density residential zoning. The US economy is built out of a relatively small number ... Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - James Smyth - GoodreadsA strong (and concise) argument for land deregulation to allow denser residential development in valuable urban centers. It's startling how byzantine zoning rules are but heartening that we could do ... Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Talha - GoodreadsA short (< 100 pages) description of housing problems in America and a libertarian argument about what to do about it. A couple of years ago, this would be released with a two-word title and an all ... Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - GoodreadsA fast, interesting read. One point Yglesias makes that I'd never considered: your primary home is not an investment. If its value goes up, great. You have more money on paper. But unless you plan to ...
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - GoodreadsWorthy topic, sensibly summarised. This could have been a good magazine article, or a treatise with more data and detail. The length is not quite satisfying.
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Scott Wood - GoodreadsIf there is any chance of a Progressive-Libertarian fusionism, Matt Yglesias will be its (Progressive) standard-bearer. Imagine an entire book, written by a self-proclaimed leftist, extolling the ... Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Elizabeth - GoodreadsAnother example of what happens when you don't right the review right after reading the book. Clocking in at less than 70 pages, this is really more of an extended essay than a book. It focuses on ... Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Stuart Coleman - GoodreadsA short primer on why housing policy in this country is so stupid. Significant amounts of the material are addressed in his blog, but the full synthesis is elucidating nonetheless. You will leave infuriated at the inanity of our current policy, and convinced that it needs to change. Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Jeff Hauser - GoodreadsPersuasive and to the point, Yglesias does an excellent job of arguing against "Big Zoning." Slightly awkward length--book probably could have actually benefited from some "padding" to provide some ... Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Noah - GoodreadsIt's nice to read a liberal blogger who recognizes that rent controls and zoning restrictions reduce the standards of living for the poor and middle class, but at times the book seemed a little too ... Read full review
