25 years ago in reason.

• Position: Citings - William Tucker, Peter Samuel and Virginia Postrel - Brief article

"I would bet that even if New Yorkers could be convinced that a free market would make apartments reasonably cheap and plentiful, most people still wouldn't accept the bargain."

--William Tucker, "It's a Rotten Life: Rent Control and the Loss of Civility"

"Having seen how a small bunch of persistent economists, some honorable public servants, and several otherwise rather ordinary politicians were able to transform an industry--against the opposition of all the established airline companies--in just four short years, it seems a little less hopeless to think that we might one day be able to privatize and...