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How to think about immigration and housing
Since Brits own Britain, more demand for Britain is generally good for us
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Ben Southwood
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March 2023
Low traffic neighbourhoods are a type of cul-de-sac
Except without the biggest downsides of cul-de-sacs
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Ben Southwood
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November 2022
Are we really going to have to do all this again?
Worrying about the Bank of England's plan for a big recession
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Ben Southwood
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October 2022
Regional inequality: also a housing supply issue
The Housing Theory of Everything demo version
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The dark side of surrogate endpoints
Why not all mechanisms to cut costs in drug approval are worth it
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Ben Southwood
September 2022
Catching crumbs from the market
The market is a collective intelligence that no one truly understands
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Rents direct market innovation where it's most useful
Don't forget about dynamic efficiency
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How crime stops upzoning and densification
And therefore helps cause 'the housing theory of everything'
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Ben Southwood
August 2022
The demographic transition is like an antibiotic
And fertility is like antibiotic resistance
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Ben Southwood
July 2022
How crime worsens sprawl
And by creating sprawl, creates big costs for society as a whole
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Peer review affects the science we see
Going even deeper on pre-publication peer review
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Ben Southwood
June 2022
How bad is crime?
A first pass
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