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All links via Marginal Revolution – all things I want to comment on, but do not have the time. View this as a sort of saving space! A site focused on ‘fixing up undergrad economics‘. This essay was worth reading. However, looking at their target I am not sure it is undergrad they are necessarily […]
FYI: Rant – although I’ll try to make sure I write slowly and clearly, as it is an issue I want to be considered on but have to intrinsically include my moral views to such a degree it is a rant 🙂 Now I am relying on a news story, so potentially the actual pressure […]
I noticed this during my trip down the internet: New Zealand needs to get out of the “childish mentality” that wide-ranging benefit reforms which come into force today are punitive, Finance Minister Bill English says. And also this via Kiwiblog: Work and Income says the results are “some of the best from any case management […]
When the minimum wage change was being debated, I saw this tweet pop up from Duncan Garner. Simon Bridges admits WINZ is there as a backstop if wages are too low. Can you believe it? After the tweet follows a range of comments about corporate welfare etc etc. This is all well and good, however […]
Warning: I’m not an economist in this post. I’m telling you what I think, don’t expect me to be nice as I’m not intending to be. If it insults you I’m sorry, take it as a representation of my depth of feeling around the issue rather than a sledging if you can. Let me start […]
The productivity commission has released its final report on “housing affordability”. Now there are a number of important points in the report, and there are undeniable issues in the New Zealand housing market which have caused a “misallocation” of resources. However, the justification for their being a housing affordability issue in the report is not […]