This is an absurd editorial.  The cited arguments against rent control assume that rent control is just about capping rents.  Rent control is about much more than that: it often is about capping rent for long time residents.  If your grandmother has lived in her apartment for 65 years, she should not be tossed out just because a 19 year IT worker can pay more.  Rent control takes in many factors, and is not just about capping rents in a region.  However, I don&#x27;t expect The Economist or it&#x27;s reader demographic to care much about those affected by the rabid efforts to dismantle what protects many, just so that people can better profit on their properties.