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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 • 
Cameron Murray
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Finding the Money: Can a film about modern monetary theory change our economic debates?
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Landlords selling = first home owners buying
More homeownership means landlords selling, yet everyone pretends otherwise
Jul 16, 2023 • 
Cameron Murray
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Landlords selling = first home owners buying
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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 • 
Cameron Murray
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Australia's $40 billion of education exports is a statistical trick
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The 'sunk cost' trickery that makes renewables seem cheaper than they are
CSIRO's GenCost report needs some careful scrutiny
Jul 23, 2023 • 
Aidan Morrison
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The 'sunk cost' trickery that makes renewables seem cheaper than they are
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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 • 
Cameron Murray
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Ageing STRETCHES all parts of life
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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 • 
Cameron Murray
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Australia's HOUSING CRISIS was just an inflation pulse. It is over.
Devaluating Everything. Universities
How technology, feminisation, and immigration, are devaluing universities
Apr 21 • 
Cameron Murray
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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 • 
Cameron Murray
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Tim Helm
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The Auckland myth: There is no evidence that upzoning increased housing construction
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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 • 
Cameron Murray
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Torrens Title: A revolutionary cost-saving solution or an outdated relic?
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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 • 
Cameron Murray
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Retirement Rort: The economic case against Australia’s superannuation orthodoxy
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Explainer: Building and planning approvals
I wrote a short paper to help understand planning regulations and housing supply
Jul 9, 2023 • 
Cameron Murray
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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 • 
Cameron Murray
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We DON'T KNOW if housing construction productivity is RISING or FALLING (Part I)
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