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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Faulty Reasoning

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I’ve come across some fine examples of faulty reasoning lately in two key areas. 1. Analysing the economic importance of declining environ...
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Not pretty

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Latest Econ Theory Keynes v Hayek rap video

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Milk wars and Anti-Dumping

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While there are many questionable assumptions in some economic theories, there are also many solid foundations to economic analysis. One of...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Housing supply follow up – more evidence (UPDATED)

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I promised to search around for some more evidence that local councils approve far more dwellings than are built. This would go some way to...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

If this doesn't blow your mind...

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I stumbled across this video on the web.  It's about growing organs... from scratch.  Absolutely amazing! 12 minutes very well spent.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Risk homeostasis, Munich Taxi-cabs and the Nanny State

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There is an odd coexistence between two conflicting safety policies that may well be pursued by the same accident prevention agency. T he fir...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

No evidence of supply-side constraints in approvals data

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Possibly the central lesson of my previous post was that planning controls and development approvals by local councils are not a factor that...
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Saturday, April 2, 2011

8 Economic Lessons on Planning and Housing Supply

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The housing bubble debate often leads to claims that town planning controls and approvals processes are a contributing factor to the price b...
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Health economics –unnecessary treatment and economic costs of illness... and goodbye

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This blog has been quiet lately.  The evidence is mounting in support of much of my earlier analysis of Australia’s housing market, while th...
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