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Monday, February 4, 2019

Using economics to justify our fears: The case of ageing and holidays

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One of the great myths in economics is that there are substantial negative impacts from population ageing. But there is no economic basis fo...
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Sunday, December 9, 2018

Solving the housing supply mystery

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Static thinking creates the mystery A famous 1999 article in the The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics was entitled Why don...
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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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