{"podcast":{"title":"Unintended Consequences","slug":"unintended-consequences-6333409","podcast_index_feed_id":6333409,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/643947a1309d10001195d3e7","website_url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/643947a1309d10001195d3e7/1681475504523-083b877548b3ed611071f22874011b4a.jpeg","author":"Cato Institute","episode_count":26,"summary":"Unintended Consequences is the podcast of Regulation magazine, produced by the Cato Institute. Hosted by Peter Van Doren and Paul Matzko, the show explores how government interventions can have surprising—and often negative—consequences. Drawing from Regulation 's in-depth policy analysis and cover stories, each episode unpacks the gap between policymakers’ intentions and the real-world outcomes that follow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T22:20:33.611819+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409"},"episode":{"title":"“Make New York Like Houston?”: Housing and Induced Demand","slug":"make-new-york-like-houston-housing-and-induced-demand","published_at":"2025-12-11T11:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409/make-new-york-like-houston-housing-and-induced-demand","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/make-new-york-houston-housing-induced-demand","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/643947a1309d10001195d3e7/e/6939be46a9d003889c0698f3/media.mp3","summary":"You might’ve heard that building more roads to reduce traffic doesn’t really work because of induced demand, the way in which building new infrastructure simultaneously creates more demand. In this episode, Peter and Paul discuss a similar effect for housing, which could make it harder to reduce housing inflation. In addition, they examine a counterintuitive finding: the cheaper a rental housing unit is, the higher the profit margins. That is the opposite of profits for new home construction, where higher-end housing commands larger margins. In conjunction with Regulation Magazine Fall 2025  edition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"You might’ve heard that building more roads to reduce traffic doesn’t really work because of induced demand, the way in which building new infrastructure…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1466,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unintended-consequences-6333409/episodes/make-new-york-like-houston-housing-and-induced-demand/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409/make-new-york-like-houston-housing-and-induced-demand.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}