Earlier this month, the IEA published the briefing paper Rent Control: Does it work? by Dr Konstantin Kholodolin from the German Institute … Continue reading “Rent controls: a response to Generation Rent”

The Journal of Housing Economics has recently published a paper entitled “Rent control effects through the lens of empirical research: … Continue reading “Review: “Rent control effects through the lens of empirical research: An almost complete review of the literature” by Konstantin Kholodilin”

Summary While the loose European monetary policy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are major drivers of inflation and the cost-of-living … Continue reading “Tackling Europe’s cost of living crisis”

In The Common Sense of Science, the Polish-British mathematician Jacob Bronowski wrote that, “at the basis of human thought lies … Continue reading “Rent controls and minimum wage laws: what is seen and what is not seen”

One of the frustrating things about being an economist is that people listen to you when they shouldn’t, and refuse … Continue reading “Rent controls: the revenge of Econ 101”

Rent controls have been tried, tested, and have failed in numerous European cities. Yet the Mayor of London is campaigning … Continue reading “Rent controls have failed in cities throughout Europe”

I hope that in terms of political orientation, “Medical Twitter” – that is, doctors with an active social media profile … Continue reading “The dangers of motivated reasoning”

These past two weeks have been a grim time for economists. From Transport for London’s decision to revoke Uber’s licence, … Continue reading “Are politicians economically illiterate? Or do they deliberately ignore basic economics?”

Most readers of this column either already know this from first-hand experience, or they soon will: renting a flat is … Continue reading “Rent controls: popular but wrong”