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Is that the future of the labour market, a myriad of “self-employed” entrepreneurs offering services in order to gain income – income that creates a claim on resources that are largely created by capital/machines. This is what the “three laws of future employment” at new geography suggests to me. (ht Marginal Revolution) . The laws […]
I will be doing a presentation for the blogging community this Saturday in Wellington. We will meet out the front of 109 Featherston St (diagonally from Pita Pit) at 12pm. During the presentation I’ll cover the follow: An overview of what’s going on in Europe, what we need to keep an eye out for, and […]
Hi all, I will be doing a presentation for the blogging community this Friday in Auckland. It will be at 3pm, and we will be meeting up at the MORE FM reception on Level 2, 239 Ponsonby Rd. During the presentation I’ll cover the follow: An overview of what’s going on in Europe, what we […]
When it comes to conclusions about the broad labour market that are accepted world wide, the idea that a higher minimum wage leads to lower levels of total employment is one of the most accepted. That is why it was interesting to see Patrick Gower suggest that Treasury didn’t believe this was the case – […]
Here. If he was around to push the policy debate maybe we wouldn’t be in this much of a mess. On that note, people who know nothing about economics or the allocation of resources more generally like to demonise Friedman – this is nonsensical. The guy pushed for a negative income tax/minimum income level, he […]
I am constantly criticised for not putting out conclusions for policy. So I thought with an election coming up, I’d put down my personal election platform … this should make obvious why no-one would vote for me, not even my mother 😉