ViewpointsOpinionRent Control and Limiting Tenant Security Deposits: Still a Bad IdeaSavePrintA "For Rent" sign is seen on a building Hollywood, California, on May 11, 2016. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ImagesWalter Block4/20/2020|Updated: 4/20/2020CommentaryProfits tend to equalize over all industries, setting aside differential risk.Share this articleLeave a commentWalter BlockAuthorWalter E. Block is Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, College of Business, at Loyola University New Orleans.Author’s Selected ArticlesTime Preference and the Seen and the UnseenSep 17, 2024Wildfires in Canada: Global Warming or Socialist Forests?Jun 30, 2023The Difference Between Direct and Indirect Help to the PoorMay 30, 2023The Marvel of the Invisible HandMar 20, 2023Related Topicseconomicsrent controlhousing crisis