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1. Why is work virtuous? I know many people who think it is. But at the same time, accumulating wealth and assets, giving the ability t...

A draft of the new SEQ regional plan, a document that the State government uses to direct the development plans of local councils, is out th...

The privatisation agenda knows no limits. NSW has passed legislation to allow the sale of their land titles office. This is foolish. The ...

Despite the best efforts of the big end of town to get a free slice of the economic pie with subsidised private health and retirement ins...

Advocates of the “zoning can fix housing bubbles” point of view seem to have two main examples in mind. Houston, Texas, and  Japan  as a wh...

The article quoted below , by editors of The Australian, was shared on Facebook, to which I responded rather pointedly: It's an absolu...

The below excerpt is from an interview with RBA Governor Glenn Stevens on 15th August 2016, on the topic of foreign capital. It made the fro...

In  his latest  article, Noah Smith repeats a claim that has long bothered me: that mainstream economic models are “stock-flow consistent”. ...

A quick update on two interviews from the past week. First, is an hour long chat with Frank Conway who hosts the Economic Rockstar podcast...

Giving gifts is often seen as a selfless act, but this is only one side of the story. The act of giving generates implicit obligations, whet...