Archive - Fresh Economic Thinking

Finding the Money: Can a film about modern monetary theory change our economic debates?

Or does it lead us back to many of the same tricky trade-offs

Feb 25, 2024 •

Australia's $40 billion of education exports is a statistical trick

You've heard Australia exports billions in education services, but you won't believe where this number comes from

Jun 11, 2023 •

Landlords selling = first home owners buying

More homeownership means landlords selling, yet everyone pretends otherwise

Jul 16, 2023 •

The 'sunk cost' trickery that makes renewables seem cheaper than they are

CSIRO's GenCost report needs some careful scrutiny

Jul 23, 2023 •

Ageing STRETCHES all parts of life

This mental re-frame will help you make sense of ageing debates and the current trends around housing, fertility, retirement and more.

Dec 1, 2024 •

Australia's HOUSING CRISIS was just an inflation pulse. It is over.

Poof! Just like that, the housing crisis is over. Or will falling rents and prices be the next crisis?

Feb 17 •

Devaluating Everything. Universities

How technology, feminisation, and immigration, are devaluing universities

Apr 21 •

The Auckland myth: There is no evidence that upzoning increased housing construction

The one study showing it did is methodologically flawed and contradicted by the data

Jun 4, 2023 •

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Retirement Rort: The economic case against Australia’s superannuation orthodoxy

Everyone who studies the superannuation system closely learns its flaws. Here's why it is time to move on from "super is good, let's improve it" to…

May 5 •

Torrens Title: A revolutionary cost-saving solution or an outdated relic?

"for a premium, a title may be insured with a title insurance company, the very existence of which is surely no compliment to our present system" …

Feb 3 •

Explainer: Building and planning approvals

I wrote a short paper to help understand planning regulations and housing supply

Jul 9, 2023 •

We DON'T KNOW if housing construction productivity is RISING or FALLING (Part I)

What we got from Australia's Productivity Commission recently were silly methods without sound economic logic

Mar 17 •

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