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Paul Egan and Philip Soos [1] have a new book out. It available for free  here  (pdf), and it’s called Bubble Economics: Australian Land Spe...

I like Krugman. He takes a common sense approach to economics and writes clearly for a broad audience. But, like others , I have to take i...

The big news in Australian politics has been the new rabble of Senators. David Leyonhjelm of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is one ...

The sociology of economics is intriguing. While many observers note the tribalism of the discipline, with the mainstream tribe being the lar...

I am reading Ha-Joon Chang’s new book Economics: The User’s Guide . About half way through he makes a big effort to explain that GDP is qui...

With my upcoming debate on entitlement in Australia I though I'd better watch Insight on SBS to see what punters think. If you misse...

NSW is preparing to streamline laws to enable redevelopment of strata-title lots. These new laws give more power to developers attempting t...

I’m constantly surprised at how fundamental concepts in economics are so easily confused as soon as they are applied to real-life policy. ...

The Greens proposed in parliament to implement a Federal Independent Commission Against Corruption with similar powers to the NSW Commission...

As I explained yesterday , saving by an individual is usually achieved by buying monopoly assets from others, forgoing consumption in ord...