[Problem profile] “Land use reform” by Robert Wiblin

Local laws often prohibit the construction of dense new housing, which drives up prices, especially in a few large high-wage urban areas. The increased prices transfer wealth from renters to landowners and push people away from centers of economic activity Narrated by AI. ---Outline:(01:25) Our overall view(02:15) What is this problem and how much does it matter?(02:20) What is our analysis based on?(02:36) What is this problem and why is it pressing?(05:00) What are the major arguments against it being pressing?(08:00) Key judgement calls you need to make(09:19) What can you do about this problem?(09:23) What approaches exist for solving this problem?(10:07) What skill sets and resources are most needed?(10:58) What can you concretely do to help?(12:18) Learn more(12:48) Want to work on this problem?(12:56) Think you should work on something else? The original text contained 6 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: April 14th, 2016 Source: https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/land-use-reform --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.