Justin Pyvis
Justin holds a PhD in economics and has 20+ years of policy and investment experience across Australia, NZ, and Hong Kong. These days he’s often found walking cities (jwalk.ing, trying to understand how they work.
Striking a balance on immigration
Australia should prioritise skilled migrants by using prices and incentives instead of queues and quotas.
The labour market keeps on trucking
Strong labour force data in December have all but ruled out a February rate cut.
Barriers to nuclear, the tradie shortage, trade-offs still matter, the deal of the century, and don't fire the bureaucrats
For whatever reason I’ve read more than the usual amount of interesting content over the past week, so here’s another post replete with my thoughts on several topical issues.
Nuclear is easier said than done # In somewhat of a cautionary tale for Peter Dutton’s nuclear ambitions (should he win the election), the most important piece of the puzzle may well be how his government chooses to regulate it. Specifically, he should distinguish between large- and small-scale reactors, to avoid stifling innovation in small plants that post significantly less risk to the public:
Time for reform, censorship and good intentions, how California mismanaged its fires, and the housing target is a bust
I trust everyone had a lovely weekend, or for those just getting back into the office, a wonderful summer break!
The people want reform # The Pew Research Centre released the results of its latest survey measuring the “support for changing the current economic system” across 36 countries: