Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - GoodreadsReally great. I'm a huge fan of Yglesias's writing in general, and I think he here outlines his arguments about growth in a clear and persuasive way. It's not that everyone needs to live in enormous ...
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Neil Godfrey - GoodreadsConcise singlet advocating for relaxed zoning regulations in high-demand urban areas. Basically, taller buildings = increased housing supply = lower rents = more people enjoying the benefits of city living. I'm sold. Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Laura Surma - GoodreadsShort, to the point, and totally excellent. You should read this book. Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Denali - GoodreadsI might not be the target audience of this but I found it incredibly readable, sensible, and exactly the kind of thing that's needed to make the debate on housing economics more focused on the big issues of how we live. Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Aaron - GoodreadsThis book is a fairly short (less than 70 pages) claim for the easing of building codes in America's urban spaces. The author is known primarily for being a neo-Liberal thinker and writer (he works ... Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Vonn Marsch - GoodreadsConcise and persuasive as how anti-density regulations are hurting our cities and the nation. Matthew Yglesias is a very smart, is very good at explaining complex issues, and his writing style is very sharp. Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Tom Lee - GoodreadsSmart summation of an issue that more people ought to think about. If you follow Yglesias' work much of this will be familiar to you, but he makes good on his promise to use the ebook format to ... Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Ben - GoodreadsReally enjoyable, good distillation of complex ideas and concepts in a way that's easy to understand and feels wonky without being burdensome. It's a quick read and worth checking out. Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - Andrew - GoodreadsSick today so I downloaded it and had a chance to read it. It was pretty insightful. Never read something like this before. Read full review
Review: The Rent Is Too Damn High
User Review - London - GoodreadsAs a dedicated urbanist, I've thought about many of the issues Yglesias covers, yet he digs out so many unexpected observations in 80 pages that I felt I hadn't even started to think or read about the ... Read full review
