>I mean, OP literally did that, erroneously implying that rent control increases supply
False. OP (me) was implying that it didnt meaningfully restrict supply.
I suspect a longitudnal study would find the two variables to be tenuously related at best.
>This is why people get so annoyed with many proponents of rent control
Because they make wrong inferences?
Re:Rent control isn’t working in Sweden
by marcinzm on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:31AM
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>False. OP (me) was implying that it didnt meaningfully restrict supply.
The OP said "fastest period of homebuilding" with fastest being in italics. I don't see how that can be read as anything except saying rent control increases supply.
No. Absolutely not. It simply throws a huge amount of doubt on the prevailing narrative that it severely restricts supply.
One could make the argument that it helped increase supply but that wasnt my intention.
I mean, OP literally did that, erroneously implying that rent control increases supply by using a historically incorrect example from 50s NYC.
This is why people get so annoyed with many proponents of rent control, they don't stop mid way as you do but keep going and implying it solves all housing problems.