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By: Kristian Niemietz

Kristian Niemietz is head of political economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs

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  • Shooting the messenger: Rent controls have always and everywhere ended in failure

    September 14, 2016

    Rent controls are back on the political agenda. Their reintroduction is now official Labour Party policy, and the Conservatives will probably follow with a somewhat milder version in due course. It is easy to see why: according to a recent Survation poll, two thirds of the public support rent controls, with most of the remaining [...]

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