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Caveman NIMBY

Early man fights to build a house.

Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton | 7.30.2026 10:44 AM


Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton as cavemen arguing over a drawing of a proposed hut. An arrow points to the hut above the words First Housing Crisis | Adani Samat
(Adani Samat)

The tools are primitive, the excuses are timeless.

Austin Bragg is a senior producer at Reason.

Andrew Heaton is a producer at Reason. He is the author of, most recently, Tribalism Is Dumb: Where It Came From, How It Got so Bad, and What To Do About It.

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