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Who believes that smart growth caused the recession?

January 27, 2011 By Stephen Smith

So, I have a question. This might sound like I'm trying to be snarky, but I'm actually genuinely in search of an answer: Is there any economist out there other than Wendell Cox and Joel Kotkin who actually believes this? This all should give some pause to the relentless hoopla about the country’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Joel Kotkin, subprime, Wendell Cox

Reinflating the housing bubble through the FHA?

December 1, 2010 By Stephen Smith

I'd like to believe that, at least for another ten years or so, no amount of government money will be able to override investors' memories of the most recent housing bubble. But we may soon find out what lessons we really learned: While everyone has been watching Fannie and Freddie, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: mortgage, subprime

Friday links

October 8, 2010 By Stephen Smith

1. Miller-McCune (what a bad name for a magazine) has an article about a possible VMT tax, and points out that more fuel-efficient vehicles will lead to less gas tax revenue.2. Streetsblog has an extremely unflattering profile of Republican nominee for NY Governor Carl Paladino. He made a name … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Colombia, gas tax, inclusionary zoning, links, Los Angeles, new york, public housing, Stephen Smith, subprime, Vancouver

Russell Roberts on Government Intervention in Housing

September 23, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Russell Roberts of George Mason University, CafeHayek, and Econtalk wrote of series of Cafe Hayek posts on the various federal interventions in the housing market:Housing markets without the benefit of hindsightFannie reaches its goals--sort ofZero Down!Fannie and Freddie's other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, housing Tagged With: CafeHayek, Economics, Fannie Mae, Fed, Freddie Mac, Free-market, government, government intervention, housing bubble, Intervention, Russell Roberts, subprime

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