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Next to bombing, rent control seems in many cases to be the most efficient technique so far known for destroying cities.

— Assar Lindbeck The Political Economy of the New Left : An Outsider's View (1971)

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As quoted in “The Rise, Fall and Revival of Swedish Rent Control” by Sven Rydenfelt, in Rent Control : Myths and Realities (1981) edited by Walter Block and Edgar Olsen, pp. 213, 230

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In many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city — except for bombing.

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