Rent controls “have never worked anywhere”
3 March 2020
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Housing and Planning
Dr Kristian Niemietz quoted by the Independent
3 March 2020
Housing and Planning
Prof Syed Kamall writes for City AM
4 March 2020
Economic Theory
Dr Kristian Niemietz quoted by the Daily Express
Responding to Sadiq Khan’s rent control pledge, the IEA’s Head of Political Economy Dr Kristian Niemietz said: “Rent controls have never worked anywhere. They do not just fail to solve the problem they are intended to solve; they also create new ones of their own.”
Kristian added: “This is one of the very few issues on which economists of all stripes – including stridently left-wing economists such as Paul Krugman – are in complete agreement.”
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Kristian added: “This is one of the very few issues on which economists of all stripes – including stridently left-wing economists such as Paul Krugman – are in complete agreement.”
Read the full article here.
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