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FET #37: Economic facts on housing, childcare, and welfare with Ben Phillips
And the muddled way the media tells stories about economics
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Cameron Murray
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48:57
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch19 + Ch20)
Listen now | Chapters 19 and 20
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Cameron Murray
49:14
How I changed my mind on nuclear energy
Changing your mind is a skill. It is hard to learn. And having a tribe makes it harder.
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Cameron Murray
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FET #36: Coherent thinking about housing markets with Aziz Sunderji
How should we think about housing? As an asset, like a bond? If so, how would city planning affect its pricing? Aziz Sunderji writes the excellent Home…
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Cameron Murray
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1:15:47
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch17 + Ch18)
Listen now | Chapters 17 and 18
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Cameron Murray
32:28
Why are some homes empty?
A new report from Prosper Australia documents this puzzle and asks what insights we can get from this "window onto waiting"
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Cameron Murray
5
FET #35: Steven Hail and insights from Modern Monetary Theory
How does knowing about inner workings of the monetary system change how we do economic analysis and policy?
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Cameron Murray
3
1:00:41
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch15 + Ch16)
Listen now | Chapters 15 and 16
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Cameron Murray
31:42
A legacy of bad economics from Adam Smith’s Pin Factory
Did Smith learn the wrong lesson from his factory tours? And why do we keep reciting it uncritically?
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Cameron Murray
2
FET #34: UBI, welfare, and economic disruption from AI
We discuss details on welfare design how they accommodate major economic change and disruption
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Cameron Murray
15
31:24
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch13 + Ch14)
Listen now | Chapters 13 and 14
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Cameron Murray
34:39

June 2024

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