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Reflections on FET in 2024 and what comes next?
We're at the TAX BREAKS stage of the PROPERTY CYCLE
The FIVE ECONOMIC FORCES of housing markets
Economics is the weapon of choice when it comes to trophy hunting and conservation
Ageing STRETCHES all parts of life
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 11 - Other mates)
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 10 - Myths)
FET #47: Should you leave Australia? The economics of lifestyle arbitrage
Are royalties just RENT CONTROL for mineral and energy resources?
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 9 - Banking)
FET #46: World-first kids social media ban is unworkable and silly
Is Antarctica the new Wild West of cowboy property claims?
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 8 - Burning Money)
FET #45: Why the Aussie construction sector is defying predictions with Rob Sobyra
Lost Decade economy trophy passes from Japan to Canada
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 7 - Mining Games)
Economic lessons from Freedom's Forge
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 6 - Mates)
FET #44: Why bicycle helmet laws are BAD and other violations of Aussie "common sense"
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 5- Superannuation)
FET #43: Australia's burnout economy with Tarric Brooker
Australia's gambling mates cost us billions
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 4- Grey gifts)
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 3- Transport game)
FET #42: Will Australia's TRUTH COMMISSION silence me?
What unexpected topics ALWAYS repeat in the newspaper headlines?
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 2- Property game)
Explainer: Markets efficiently delay building feasible new homes
More eyes on Auckland's upzoning experiment
FET #41: Are the Georgist economic concepts of ATCOR and EBCOR useful in 2024?
Ed Glaeser: Harvard's housing huckster
FET #40: Wild things the superannuation lobby will say to protect their gravy train
Have you noticed that we humans have a deep impulse to sacrifice for no reason?
FET #39: Is Cameron just another lazy two-faced economist?
The kooky housing supply filtering debate
Why it makes economic sense to grow water-intensive crops in the desert
Room to build: The zoned capacity question
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch23 + Ch24 + Ch25)
Which cities out-supplied upzoned Auckland?
FET #38: Michael Matusik talks property cycles and the state of our debate
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch21 + Ch22)
Compound interest is not magic
FET #37: Economic facts on housing, childcare, and welfare with Ben Phillips
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch19 + Ch20)
How I changed my mind on nuclear energy
FET #36: Coherent thinking about housing markets with Aziz Sunderji
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch17 + Ch18)
FET #35: Steven Hail and insights from Modern Monetary Theory
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch15 + Ch16)
A legacy of bad economics from Adam Smith’s Pin Factory
FET #34: UBI, welfare, and economic disruption from AI
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch13 + Ch14)
Can big government mean fewer taxes?
FET #33: Productivity and its measurement
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch11 + Ch12)
Please stop confusing supply and density in housing debates
FET #32: What is Punter's Politics?
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch9 + Ch10)
Ten Fundamental Economic (Mis)understandings
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch7 + Ch8)
Gary Becker's irrational agents still find an equilibrium, and so do property owners
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch5 + Ch6)
Manias and the madness of crowds
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch3 + Ch4)
Oh no, home prices are above marginal cost!
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch1 + Ch2)
A time for reflection: Life, property, adventure
FET #31: Where is the 'abolish superannuation' lobby?
Are Australian supermarkets the "bad boys" of the economy?
The United States is still stimulating its economy with Covid-era policy
FET #28: Dangerous housing ideas in the fragile Kiwi ecosystem
Easter break from the Hijacked Housing debate
What would a 162 year old man make of today's housing debate?
Government. Housing developer.
FET #27: The Great Housing Hijack chat
Academia Libera Mentis: An oasis for learning
Make welfare better with a Universal Basic Income (UBI)
Finding the Money: Can a film about modern monetary theory change our economic debates?
Unpicking concerns about using superannuation for housing and retiring with a mortgage
Wellington's Fisher-Price zoning war
Lower bound problem of hedonic price indexes
Why is land lease housing booming?