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Review: Spirit Level

18 Jul 2013 /14 Comments/in Book reviews

I have heard a bunch of criticism of the Spirit Level book based on its “sample” and “cheery picking” (Note: This started life as a typo, but I liked it and used it throughout 😛 ). I’ve decided to ignore that, and to read the book on the merits it gave in the text. Given […]

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Interpreting a (monetary) quantity – we need a cause

21 Jun 2013 /7 Comments/in Macroeconomics, New Zealand Economics

Over at Not PC I noticed that Peter is putting some of the “blame for the housing bubble” at the feet of the RBNZ. His view shares similarities to the discussion I’ve been having – and will continue to have – with Lowell Manning (here, here, here). Essentially, the view is that the Bank is […]

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Yo RBNZ

30 May 2013 /8 Comments/in New Zealand Economics

Hey RBNZ, love your work and all that. But I have to point out something about today’s speech. I love seeing you guys discuss what is going on with the public, describing the factors, and talking about risks – this is incredibly valuable! And given your views, I get why you are jawboning the dollar, […]

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Prices as democratic?

30 May 2013 /7 Comments/in Political economy

Recently, a good friend of mine (who is a sneaky economist) was complaining about the policies of political parties on twitter. In general, we were just doing our usual thing of being sad about Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem. But it also reminded me of a little view economists hold, that many non-economists may not nowadays, the […]

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Who can we really believe?

09 May 2013 /6 Comments/in Methodology

In a great interview, Dani Rodrik asks why You get trade theorists who have built their entire careers on “anomalous” results who are at the same time the greatest defenders of free trade. …the minds of analytically sophisticated [economists] turn into mush when they are forced to take seriously the policy implications of their own […]

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Energy policy as a new policy issue!

22 Apr 2013 /19 Comments/in Government Policy, New Zealand Economics, Political economy

So we’ve had Labour and the Greens make the cost of energy the first big pillar of their upcoming election campaign. The energy industry is important in a large number of ways, is something people care about, and is definitely policy relevant – so it is a good pick. I’d note I don’t talk on […]

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