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Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Unpopular Economic Opinions

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I was an illogical ideologue I recall many heated political and economic discussions with Paul Frijters when I started my PhD. In retrospe...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Bad economics of the stamp duty discourse

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This is an expanded version of an article first published at The Conversation .  Most think-tanks and policy groups in Australia think tha...
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Sunday, November 11, 2018

A housing jubilee and lottery to solve affordability

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People fuss over housing being expensive without ever really thinking about what their ideal world would be. My ideal world is one where...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

The new politics of national identity

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With nationalistic policies back on the agenda across the world, we should not underestimate the power of our collective belief in the natio...
Sunday, September 30, 2018

What is land? It is not a product, but an ownership share of three-dimensional space

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Is land an object that can be produced? The answer to this important question provides the foundation for properly analysing land and housin...
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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Free land, dirt cheap

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127th Annual Henry George Dinner Speech 1. To make health care affordable we broke this monopolistic market. We now spend over $100 bil...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

The absurd scale of Australia’s financial rip-offs

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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...
Monday, July 30, 2018

A comment on property taxes and prices

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