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Kevin Erdmann - Why Are We Afraid Of Building Homes?

Kevin Erdmann - Why Are We Afraid Of Building Homes?

Update: 2025-12-24
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In this conversation from 2024, Alex speaks with Kevin Erdmann about how zoning, the 2008 economic crisis, and the desire to live away from "those people" is effecting the state of housing. 


Episode Notes:


Kevin's page at the Mercatus Centre:


https://www.mercatus.org/scholars/kevin-erdmann


The Erdmann Housing Tracker:


https://kevinerdmann.substack.com/ 


Kevin on X:


https://x.com/KAErdmann?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 


Kevin's book "Shut Out: How a Housing Shortage Caused the Great Recession and Crippled our Economy" on Amazon Canada: 


https://a.co/d/gIh82Og 

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Kevin Erdmann - Why Are We Afraid Of Building Homes?

Kevin Erdmann - Why Are We Afraid Of Building Homes?

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