William Fischel On The Origins of Zoning

If you’ve ever done a Google Scholar search for anything zoning related, you’ll probably recognize the name William Fischel. He’s an economic historian at Dartmouth who’s written a lot about local government, and especially land use regulations. He’s got a wide-ranging paper published in 2004 called “An Economic History of Zoning and a Cure for its Exclusionary Effects,” and while I can’t speak to the recommendations part, the history is pretty interesting. …