Cato Institute Event: "Build, Baby, Build" with Bryan Caplan

Event Title:
"Book Forum: Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation"

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Event Description:
Why are housing prices in America so high? “Supply and demand” is true but misleading, because draconian regulation drastically constricts housing supply. In this exciting new nonfiction graphic novel, economist Bryan Caplan makes the economic and philosophical case for radical deregulation of the housing industry. Deregulation turns out to be a bona fide panacea: a large rise in housing supply would raise living standards, reduce inequality, increase social mobility, promote economic growth, reduce homelessness, increase birth rates, help the environment, and more. Combining stunning visuals and careful interdisciplinary research, Build, Baby, Build takes readers to a world where people are free to build―and shows us how to get there.

About the Panel:
* Bryan Caplan - Professor of Economics at George Mason University; adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute; former contributor to the Freakonomics blog and EconLog who currently blogs at his Bet On It Substack; author of The Myth of the Rational Voter (2006), Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids (2011), The Case Against Education (2018), and Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration (2019)
* Megan McArdle - opinion columnist at the Washington Post on economics & government policy; former business & economics editor for The Atlantic; author of The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success (2014); MBA from University of Chicago's Booth School of Business
* Peter Goettler - President and CEO of the Cato Institute; former managing director at Barclays Capital; M.S. in Management from MIT

About the Cato Institute:
Founded in 1976, the Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. The institute advocates for free market economic policies, protection of civil liberties, criminal justice reform, and a non-interventionist foreign policy. It publishes the annual "Human Freedom Index" that ranks countries based on their levels of personal & economic freedoms, and it hosts cross-partisan discussions monthly at "Cato Unbound". To learn more, go to https://www.cato.org/about

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