Prolific former EconLog blogger Bryan Caplan will quickly publish his newest “graphic novel” titled Construct, Child, Construct: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation.
He requested me to put up about it and I instructed him that I might if I might see the contents. So Bryan despatched me a pre-pub model.
It’s unbelievable! I hate calling it a graphic novel, as a result of it’s not a novel: it’s extra a compelling documentary in graphic type.
Bryan factors out that we are able to clarify excessive housing costs by taking a look at will increase in demand with out concomitant will increase in provide. However why aren’t there will increase in provide? The primary purpose: regulation. Different economists have made this level and I’ve made it in quite a few e book critiques and talks over time. However the graphic manner of expressing it’s so efficient.
A minimum of it’s efficient with the best “grapher.” And the mix of economist Bryan Caplan’s zinging phrases and artist Ady Branzei’s nice paintings is a winner.
Right here’s one excerpt:
I can think about lecturers in highschool and even center faculty lessons utilizing these and turning their college students on to 2 issues: (1) economics and (2) good deregulatory housing coverage.
