PREVIEW: DEREGULATION: Hoover Institution Scholar John Cochrane analyzes regulation's 30% cost premium on imports, services, and housing—particularly grotesquely in California. More later
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 17 December 2024
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| 1:02.0 | of the Hoover Institution about regulation, deregulation, smart regulation. I learn a deal about how much |
| 1:09.5 | it cost when you regulate a property that |
| 1:12.7 | would otherwise be on the marketplace at a much more attractive pricing. In Argentina, the |
| 1:19.7 | estimate is anything is regulated costs 30% more than necessary. Deregulate and the prices |
| 1:25.1 | plus 30%. Here, John turns his attention to housing in California. |
| 1:31.4 | Why is it so expensive? |
| 1:33.0 | Why are there so many people without adequate housing? |
| 1:37.4 | Why does it take so long to build housing? |
| 1:40.4 | The answer is regulation. |
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