

TGS Live: The Housing Provider Returns
Sep 7, 2025
Join an engaging conversation about the intriguing connection between a filmmaker and a professor's legacy. Explore the speculative socialist future of New York City, debating the viability of policies like rent control. Delve into the transformative impact of AI on jobs, weighing the opportunities against ethical challenges. With a lively viewer call-in segment, the show opens up new dimensions, encouraging direct engagement with the audience. It’s a thought-provoking mix of humor, personal stories, and socio-political discussion.
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Price Signals Matter
- Glenn Loury argues rent control and price controls distort markets and misallocate resources.
- He warns price is a messenger and controls undermine development incentives at the margin.
Focus On Policy Effects, Not Rhetoric
- Loury cautions against hyperbolic claims that a political candidate will 'ruin' the city.
- He prefers focusing on policy mechanisms and their predictable economic effects.
Creative Destruction Is Progress
- Glenn Loury views AI-driven job displacement as painful but ultimately productive for progress.
- He says freed resources will enable new productive activities despite short-term harm.