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While I have been MIA over the last four years a lot has changed on the internet and in terms of economic and social discourse. The weird infatuation of the alt-right with “globalists” and nonsensical economic arguments is particularly upsetting – and I’ll be discussing how the decline in persuasiveness of economists has helped these types […]
Via Motu on Facebook I saw the following. I had no idea this was going on … even though I saw the flyers all around university advertising it. I’m working quite long days at the moment so my mind isn’t really all there 😛 However, this looks cool – I’m going to see if I […]
As I have suggested that everyone else puts in a submission to “Indicators Aotearoa” I thought I should as well – and that for kicks I would share it with you. Now such a process is a representation of the views and values I have – not an example of economics. I am not submitting […]
Disclaimer: I used to work in the same space as Geoff, and I know him as a guy who is genuine, wants to improve social outcomes, is a mad good communicator, and who works hard on the issues. But none of this would prevent me from disagreeing with him if I did (such as my […]
I have spent most of the last four years trapped in a small space, pouring over legislation and microdata to figure out details of the New Zealand tax-transfer system prior to 2014 – with short breaks to deliver some lectures at Victoria University. I learnt a lot, but I had no chance to keep up […]
A lot of people won’t care about this post – and the ones that do will care a bit too much. So I will keep this relatively short. But just believe me that this post is the first in a series of three that will eventually get to the point 😉