Fresh Economic Thinking

What if Ronald Coase met Henry George? Coase says create property rights. George says tax them.

Let's imagine how the intellectual battle over the economics of property rights would unfold in an imaginary meeting between Coase and George

Feb 22 • Cameron Murray

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FET #70: Tim Sneesby is a real life town planner. Why is he making housing so unaffordable?

You may have heard that our town planning system of rules and institutions that govern land uses in cities and often across the country is stifling new…

Feb 15 • Cameron Murray

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What an economics experiment taught me about corruption and human nature

All social games that steal from the collective pie require coordinating with your mates by repeatedly exchanging costly favours. This article is a…

Feb 8 • Cameron Murray

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FET #69: David Maywald explains how the war on masculinity affects health, education, and families

Has the cultural and political pendulum swung too far in favour of women?

Feb 1 • Cameron Murray

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January 2026

Is 2026 the peak of Australia's housing cycle? Or is there not really one cycle at all?

Digging onto the data with an eye to historical trends

Jan 25 • Cameron Murray

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FET #68: Mark Changizi on the Hidden Logic Behind Emotion, Language, and Social Order

During the COVID panic one of the sane voices was congitive scientist Mark Changizi.

Jan 18 • Cameron Murray

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How evolution opens the black box of market competition

Bad firms die and profitable ones thrive, even when no one knows what they’re optimising

Jan 11 • Cameron Murray

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Supply starts when speculation ends: Searching for a theory of housing production

Wouldn’t it be great if we had a coherent way of understanding the economics of housing supply?

Jan 4 • Cameron Murray and Tim Helm

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December 2025

Reflections on 2025 at FET

Merry Christmas and see you all in 2026

Dec 22, 2025 • Cameron Murray

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FET #67: The story of building a new academy for free thinkers, in a castle, X-Men style

Academia Libera Mentis is a new academy creating small scale intensive education for the 21st century

Dec 15, 2025 • Cameron Murray

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FET #66: Energy, economics, and policy blindspots with Ben Beattie

A long chat with power engineer Ben Beattie about Australia’s energy conversation, some of the muddled economics and arguments in favour of…

Dec 7, 2025 • Cameron Murray and Ben Beattie

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November 2025

Why doesn't the share of income spent on housing rent decline as we all get richer?

A puzzle that sits at the heart of our housing conversation

Nov 30, 2025 • Cameron Murray

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