Restricting new housing in big cities harms economy, expert says

July 28, 2014

The Washington Post interviews Enrico Moretti, an economist at the University of California at Berkeley, who says that Bay Area activists are protesting the wrong things, such as gentrification and newcomers. “People are marching against Google buses when they should be marching for more housing permits,” Moretti says.

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