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Friday, April 26, 2013

Watts' model of cascading network failure

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I have written in the past about how social and economic networks are a necessary ingredient for a proper understanding of economic pattern...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Timing the residential property cycle

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One interpretation of recent data is that investors seem happy to jump back into Australian residential property markets. Perhaps due to...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Australian age-dependency ratios

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Everywhere you turn it seems that higher rates of population growth are seen as a 'solution' to an ageing population.  Here's on...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Are there supply curves in a theory of return-seeking firms

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In the theory of return-seeking firms there is no supply curve as such.  There are simply reactions by firms given their expectations about...
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Saturday, March 16, 2013

How economists think of themselves

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Tyler Cowen has an article in the New York Times about the egalitarian tradition of economics.   It appears to be a genuine effort to prom...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Network map of Australian lobbyists

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The image below is a network image of Australian lobbyists and their clients.  Click for full size image.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

An interactive growth model

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Earlier this year I wrote a Mathematica model to demonstrate some of the fallacies of neo-classical models of economic growth.  For some rea...
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Land boom ruins productivity measure

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Article first appeared at MacroBusiness Even though more words have been written about Australia’s productivity performance than most other...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Ridiculous debates on funding health care in Australia

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There is a detailed academic debate surrounding health care funding and provision in Australia (as there is globally).   But...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

US gas glut may dampen energy markets

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Article first appeared at MacroBusiness The US economy has shown some signs of stabilisation over the past few months.  For example, r...
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