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I had a chat today with a freshly minted PhD from an elite US economic school about rationality and utility maximisation. As you do. Ther...

A four year long debate over the potential role of town planning regulations in determining the price of housing has occurred at MacroBus...

The claim of an Australian land and housing shortage is a myth of epic proportions , perpetuated by vested interests across the media landsc...

I came across this video today. It's a fairly concise argument about the rent-seeking activities and incentives that perpetuate bad econ...

I hate high house prices but I am a realist, and I trust the numbers. While history doesn’t always repeat, right now I can hear it rhyme. ...

Guest post Sydney Morning Herald’s economics editor Ross Gittins recently wrote a scathing article about the quality of policy advice c...

Matt Bruenig has stirred up Noah Smith by laying out why life-coaching is a foolish way to address poverty, since most people churn into...

Exponential growth is one of those things that confuses many people. Here's probably the best example getting traction in social media a...

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...