Building Regulation, Market Alternatives, and Allodial Policy

A well documented critique of building quality and fire safety regulation which provides market-based alternatives to regulation and real property policy.

Dr. John Cobin is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Universidad Finis Terrae in Santiago, Chile. He also teaches at Universidad Adolfo Ibañez and Universidad Marítima de Chile, business schools in Viña del Mar, Chile. He is active in public policy research and writing, including working with Centro de Estudios Publicos and Instituto de Libertad y Desarrollo in Santiago, Chile. Dr. Cobin received his ARE from Reformed Bible College, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1984), his BA in Business Economics from University of California, Santa Barbara (1987), his MA in Economics from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (1995), and his PHD in Public Policy also from George Mason University (1996). In addition to his teaching activities, Dr. Cobin has been a successful entrepreneur and consultant, having started and operated three small businesses for several years. He and his wife Joan have been married since 1984 and are home schooling parents of six children.