FET (old posts)

It has come to my attention that buses in Brisbane are, by international standards, slow.  There’s really no other way to put it.  And I thi...

At the most broad level, the rationale for regulating land use is to minimise negative externalities to neighbouring owners of immobile prop...

I was intrigued by this question : What are some examples of successful government bureaucracies? Defining success in order to answer th...

After a rather challenging discussion with a close friend last week about the necessity of town planning and the degree to which planning co...

The  Property Council of Australia  (PCA) is one of those lobby groups with a blatant disregard of the facts and a history of political infl...

Only this week I wrote about cyclist resentment in Australia, with a detailed look into the arguments of the emotional cyclist v motorist de...

I couldn't think of a snappier title, but I wonder when we, as a society, decided that everything needs medicating. Last year I wrote ...

I wanted to write a beautiful piece reflecting on two years of blogging for this event – my 100th blog post. But instead, I’ll get down to s...

To my loyal readers, I want to take a break from the usual blog topics and talk about something a little more personal.  For those who don...

Economists believe they have solved the old Water-Diamond Paradox by showing how prices are determined at the margins. But how then do we v...