If you weren’t concerned about rent control before the recent election you may be feeling that concern now. There is no doubt that the proponents of the idea now feel that not only they won but their ideas won too. That remains to be seen. In order to be prepared for the onslaught of activism on the issue, we’ve written an analysis of rent control that covers the question of what it is (a price control), why it doesn’t work (it creates no new housing and removes existing housing from the market), and finally, what will work (more housing!). It is long and we’d appreciate it if you’d read it from beginning to end and let us know what you think. But more importantly, it should function as an arsenal against the many, many arguments fielded for this truly bad policy.