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Australia has transformed over the past three decades into a land of financial rip-offs , tax loopholes, and political gifts to takers...

Image source: Los Angeles Times The low prices in the 'no-zoning' city of Houston, Texas, are repeatedly called upon as an exam...

1. Ocasio-Cortez Trump says nonsense daily. Obama tells flat out lies. Yet a passionate new political player can send the 'twitter left...

It is about time someone was honest about Australia’s superannuation system. This multi-trillion dollar financial monstrosity funnels money ...

Recent reports by  Grattan Institute  and the  Reserve Bank of Australia  have argued that zoning is a significant cause of Australia’s hig...

Australia's mining and energy industry often claims to be a significant source of public revenue. One case where that is not true is in ...

I’m not saying all economists can’t answer these questions. I’m saying that collectively these are core parts of what the discipline of econ...

Last week the RBA released a research paper  which sought to unravel the potential effect of planning controls, like zoning, on home prices ...

I have often argued with libertarians (and anarchists) that the existence of property rights first requires the existence of a government w...

I have a new paper out — Developers pay developer charges in Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning. In this pape...