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The Libertarian Podcast: Airbnb, Property Rights, and Land Use
If you read Professor Epstein’s post earlier this week on New York’s efforts to crack down on Airbnb, you’ve got the starting point for the this week’s podcast. From that story, however, we move on to broader considerations: how much of the affordability crisis in urban housing is being driven by land use policy? What’s the principled position for a classical liberal to take on the government’s role in housing markets? And will the sharing economy ultimately be able to triumph over the efforts of would-be regulators across the country? All is answered in this week’s installment of The Libertarian podcast:
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