If the claim is that Edward Glaeser “left the Harvard Econ faculty,” that would
be at odds with https://scholar.harvard.edu/glaeser/home, which says:
Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and the
Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University, where he has
taught microeconomic theory, and occasionally urban and public economics, since
1992. He has served as Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local
Government, and Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston.
Fred Hopengarten, Esq.
<mailto:hopengar...@post.harvard.edu> hopengar...@post.harvard.edu
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From: Lincoln [mailto:lincoln-boun...@lincolntalk.org] On Behalf Of Sara Mattes
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 7:11 AM
To: Rich Rosenbaum
Cc: Lincoln Talk
Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Excellent story on the housing crisis, affordable
housing & zoning
Ha!
Glazer… every developer’s favorite economist!
I believe, in fact, he left the Harvard Econ faculty to join the ( pro free-
market/ pro development) Rapport Institute at the Kennedy School.
Gary Taylor and I monitored, with grave concern ( back in the day)his efforts
to undue local zoning that stood in the way of development.
We wanted to maintain our progress move, deliberative approach to creating more
housing opportunities and more affordable housing ( 2 different, but not
mutually exclusive things).
Glazer’s efforts are finally bearing fruit, and we are struggling to manage
change, as we have always done.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 19, 2023, at 3:10 AM, Rich Rosenbaum <s...@bcdef.com> wrote:
The Non-Profit Quarterly magazine (link below) had a related article some time
ago that includes this:
Edward Glaeser, an economist at Harvard University, states, simply, that to
increase the stock of affordable housing, we need more housing. His argument is
that the law of supply and demand will eventually create a stock of affordable
housing if developers are allowed to build housing.
I find it interesting that people concerned that we would not be adding enough
affordable housing seem to be advocating that instead, we build no affordable
housing at all.
article:
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/debate-how-to-increase-the-stock-of-affordable-housing/
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