Fresh Economic Thinking

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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FET #65: Reaction to "There is no housing crisis"

Jonathan calls me out over my recent conversation with Josh Szeps where I explained that the housing market is functioning completely normally

Nov 23, 2025 • Cameron Murray

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You can't buy a home young if you aren't working young

We are buying homes older because we are doing everything older

Nov 16, 2025 • Cameron Murray

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FET #64: Woke university cancels man for health science research - a chat with James Nuzzo

James Nuzzo’s sports science and health research shows the gap between perception and reality when it comes to gender issues.

Nov 9, 2025 • Cameron Murray

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Why home prices obey economics and price-to-income ratios are a shoddy market metric

A guest post by Arek Drozda

Nov 2, 2025 • Cameron Murray

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October 2025

Economist Cameron Murray on Housing

A recording from Cameron Murray and William Miller's live video

Oct 29, 2025 • Cameron Murray, William Miller, and Peter Banks

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Invite your friends to read Fresh Economic Thinking

Thank you for reading Fresh Economic Thinking — your support allows me to keep doing this work.

Oct 28, 2025 • Cameron Murray

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