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Aussienomics

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.

Trade War Two, China's supply subsidies, unintended consequences, and the mother of all bubbles
Trade
Trump will almost certainly usher in Trade War Two; how China subsidises supply and restricts demand; the Australian Greens reveal yet another awful policy idea; and is the US stock market in the mother of all bubbles?
It's not as bad as you might think
Growth Wages
Despite Australia’s sluggish economic growth and record-high government spending, a closer look at the data reveals that the situation may not be quite as dire as it seems.
Energy abundance, the price of ethnonationalism, and the dystopian myID
Energy Housing
How not to do energy policy; the problems with acknowledgements to country; your ID or your facial data; the costs of land use zoning; and the war in Ukraine may not last much longer.
Parliament's hectic week, a new era in policymaking, and a glimpse into Australia's future
Reform Growth Markets Trade
The Albanese government took the guillotine to democracy; Argentina is getting a good old-fashioned dose of microeconomic reform; what Victoria can teach the rest of Australia; prediction markets and the future of forecasting; and trade works in roundabout ways.
Saving the planet could make some of us rich
Energy Industrial Policy
Transforming Australia into a green manufacturing “superpower” won’t automatically generate widespread prosperity, and is more likely to enrich only a select few while imposing broader economic costs on the majority.