September 19, 2026 11:00am by David Farrar

A star is born

Emma Camp did a pithy 75 second video on why rent controls fail. It caught on. It has now had 4.7 million views.

Can rent control fix the housing crisis? No. In fact, it could make things a whole lot worse.

Find out more in my latest for @WSJFreeEx pic.twitter.com/bXCbK1y1QM
— Emma Camp (@emmma_camp_) August 24, 2026

She now has over 120,000 followers.