FET (old posts)

I really appreciated the discussion on my last post, and wanted to clarify some of the issues raised. My two key points were: 1. The capi...

Baby boomers and older generations often cite high expectations, and the inability to save, as the main hindrance to the younger generatio...

I have been reading Leonard Mlodino’s terrific book The Drunkard’s Walk , which is essentially an historical narrative on the development ...

I write regularly about rebound effects - those unintended consequences that occur due to behavioural adjustments.   I wrote my Master’s th...

I have been asked to develop further my ideas on population growth and residential property.  I hope to make it clear that arguments using p...

I have made   my point about the social benefits of land taxes clearly in the past.  I want to now direct the interested reader elsewhere f...

I’ve just returned from a few days at the beach with my family. One thing that stands out as a key function of a parent in the summer bea...

Lately, economists have been copping it from all angles.  They have been widely acknowledged as cheapskates, following this Wall Str...

GI Joe is possibly the worst movie ever (see the number of goofs and plot holes here ). But I still spent 2 hours watching it, even though...

Recently, I cut back work to 4 days a week with a surprising result. Rather than feeling like I am enduring marginally less of a bad t...