Book Review: In 'Scarcity', Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind set out a comparison of ideas about the use of natural resources and economic organisation, but the treatment of material is at times superficial and opportunities to engage with important contemporary debates are missed.

A selection of some recent book reviews on the topic of trade and trade policy. (links below)

Elaine Drayton, @peterlevell.bsky.social and @david-sturrock.bsky.social's paper finds that England is bad at building homes in areas with rising demand: ifs.org.uk/articles/eng... This map allows you to examine changes in housing supply and prices over 25 years at a local level. [2/8]

England has a poor record of building homes where they are needed | Institute for Fiscal Studies

This comment discusses how well housebuilding in England has responded to changes in local demand over the last 25 years.

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Urbanists often look to places like zoning-free Houston, the private places of St Louis, and privately-developed exurban communities like Irvine. There we see rules about land use emerge between residents and via developers. I wrote about another example. theceme.substack.com/p/private-pl... 🧵

Urbanists often look to places like zoning-free Houston, the private places of St Louis, and privately-developed exurban communities like Irvine. There we see rules about land use emerge between residents and via developers. I wrote about another example. theceme.substack.com/p/private-pl... 🧵