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On my first trip to Japan I was astonished by the prevalence of rice paddies in dense urban areas. A friend I was visiting mentioned that h...

Induced traffic (a type of rebound effect) should be a major concern for Campbell Newman’s TransApex money pit. One would think that the...

Last year I wrote about the important social benefits of land taxes compared to other forms of taxation. My headline was Tax me, please (al...

Real estate agents have a poor reputation.   The cynical side of me would say that they get paid a lot for doing very little.    Unspoken co...

Australian housing finance is falling rapidly with prices likely to follow. This graph of historical prices and housing finance approv...

Latest research   suggests that   government owned banks are better for growth than private banks . Another   potential rebound effect ...

Prices are a fundamental feature of modern economies, yet measuring a true price change is exceedingly difficult due to the constantly chang...

Guest post by Stephen Hogg This Business Spectator article gave me pause for thought. It is discusses how ASIC recently made a ham-fisted...

Economic instinct initially held back my enthusiasm for Vibram Five Finger (VFF) shoes.  At first glance getting less shoe for your money is...

I have been fortunate enough to travel widely in the past decade and sample the breadth of human experience. Today I want to focus sp...