# Economist defends rent controls | prof. Frank Braconi

An episode of [Money & Macro Talks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1673305791), 17 Sep 2026, 1 h 00 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/b3b74f7c/podcast/play/125870943/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-17%2F432080681-44100-2-1abd9e17cf688.mp3

Frank Braconi is one of the few economists willing to argue that rent control, properly designed, can work. But what does "properly designed" mean? When should it be used, where, and how? We discuss San Francisco's decontrol-recontrol model and whether it can blunt the harms of gentrification.

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