FET (old posts)

There are two parts to this blog post. First the important stuff, clarifying the weirdness of capital and the confusion of applying economic...

One feature of economics is its uncanny resemblance to religion . When a complex question arises outside of your narrow field of expertise, ...

My last post on unpopular economic opinions was actually quite popular. Here are some more. 1. There is no such thing as freedom. Ever...

I spoke last week at the EDO LawJam about missing elements in the economic analysis of major projects in Queensland, and across Austral...

1. School is mostly about indoctrination into the national identity . It is also about child care, and for older children, about keeping th...

China abandoned its one-child policy yesterday. Just about everything I’ve read since explains that this policy shift is a result of fears ...

I wrote a submission during the consultation on reforms to the Queensland planning system . As you are probably aware, my research in this a...

The below comic probably hits a little close to home for most economists. Poking fun of economists’ naive attachment to their particular bra...

Housing costs are typically 30% of household income, while about 43% of household savings are tied up in the value of owner-occupied dwell...

Laurence Murphy is a top property economist at the University of Auckland. I met him last night after a presentation in Sydney where he too...