Archive for Walter Block
The Benefits of Speculation
Dr. Block is Senior Economist, The Fraser Institute, 626 Bute Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6E 3M1. Whenever housing prices rise we hear a chorus of complaints blaming the speculator. Speculators have always been vilified for high and rising prices. This view is incorrect. In fact, the opposite is true: speculation holds the rise of prices [...]
1Dec1981 | Walter Block | 3 comments | ContinuedZoning: A Tragic Public Policy
Dr. Block is Senior Economist, The Fraser Institute, 626 Bute Street, Vancouver, B. C., Canada, V6E 3M1. In the view of most concerned professionals, zoning legislation is a necessary bulwark against chaos in urban land use. Without zoning, it is contended, external diseconomies will abound: pickle works will come to rest next to single family [...]
1Aug1981 | Walter Block | 0 comments | Continued-
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