Peter Navarro

The NIMBY Presidency

Peter Navarro hates foreign trade. He also hates housing.

Well what a surprise. Not: Before Peter Navarro designed trade wars for President Trump, he orchestrated housing wars in San Diego across five unsuccessful bids for local office. Navarro, then a UC Irvine economics professor, led San Diego’s slow-growth movement in the 1990s, drawing battle lines that still define today’s development fights. His zero-sum view on homebuilding then …

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The NIMBY Presidency

Peter Navarro hates foreign trade. He also hates housing.

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