Introduction

Emily Hamilton is a senior research fellow and director of the Urbanity Project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Emily’s research focuses on urban economics and land use policy, and she joins Macro Musings to talk about housing in the United States. Specifically, David and Emily discuss many of the issues present within the American housing market, why we should care about rampant housing shortages, and the most effective avenues we can pursue for largescale reform.

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Transcript for the episode can be found here.

Emily’s Twitter: @ebwhamilton

Emily’s Mercatus profile: https://www.mercatus.org/scholars/emily-hamilton

Related Links:

*Light Touch Density: A Series of Policy Briefs on Zoning, Land Use, and a Solution to Help Alleviate the Nation’s Housing Shortage* by Edward Pinto, Tobias Peter, and Emily Hamilton

https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Light-Touch-Density-Compiled-FINAL-1.12.2022.pdf?x91208

*2019 Survey of Consumer Finances* by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/scfindex.htm

David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

David’s blog: http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com/