There are some things that transcend cold hard facts-based decision making. Some kind of code of values, ethics even. These seem to have been all but forgotten as we prevent our own citizens from being with their families during the throes of a pandemic that’s killing thousands of people a…

This week The Fairfax papers published a four-part series on the Reserve Bank of Australia. It was a compelling piece of work on an important topic — the role of Monetary policy in directing an economy towards metrics that the economics profession has long considered stable indicators. There was however…

I was invited to speak at the ALS Friedman conference. Below is the text of my remarks. I have edited some parts for clarity. You can find my slides here, and I’ve pasted some of the charts in-text. — — 26th May 2018, 6th ALS Friedman Conference, UTS Aerial Centre…

A few months ago, I was given the opportunity to lament the current state of our housing policy, and talk about possible reforms that would assist in making housing more affordable, for an ABC documentary with Corey White — called Corey White’s Road Map to Paradise (Episode 3 airing on…

Adam Creighton, Economics correspondent for the Australian, recently wrote a piece on immigration in Australia in which he concluded that, because of the relatively poor economic and labour market performance of refugee migrants from certain countries, we should be supportive of allowing South African migrants to settle in Australia under…

Endometriosis is a condition that affects 1 in 10 women. It occurs when endometriosis cells that line the uterus start to grow in other parts of the body (including ovaries, bladder, bowel). The symptoms include pain, particularly during ovulation and menstruation, during bowel movements, and heavy and irregular menstruation. The…

I’m writing this mostly because when I needed to read something similar a few years ago, it wasn’t there. In economics, it feels really hard to admit failure to your peers…sometimes harder than actually facing it. And even the ones who have posted their failures, well let’s be real, they…

I have to say — the only thing that excites me more than elections is a Federal Budget. And this week India delivers both so I’m well and truly in my happy place. As I mentioned in my previous post, the Union budget is handed down on the 1st of…

So this is a big week in Indian Politics. 1st February sees the Central (Federal) budget being released by the ruling BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party). This will be Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s 4th federal budget. Some are expecting there to be an announcement of a trial of Universal Basic Income…