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.
Friday Fodder (32/24)
Price gouging is (almost) always good; the EU’s tariffs could have been worse; culture beats policy when it comes to fertility; time for fiscal responsibility; and the reality of industrial policy.
False prophets, forward guidance, and failed lessons
The RBA’s conflicting statements on uncertainty and accountability expose a dangerous pattern of misguided forward guidance and unlearned lessons, threatening its credibility and effectiveness in controlling inflation.
Kamala's policy-pocalypse
Kamala Harris’ recent policy proposals are equivalent to the four horsemen of a policy-pocalypse: nothing but misguided attempts to address economic issues that will fail to achieve their stated goals, leading to unintended consequences.
Friday Fodder (31/24)
Albo would fail Econ 101; are we in another iron ore winter; what does Raygun have in common with the RBA; Australia’s employment recession; could you be an Olympian; China’s economic crisis; and how you’re able to drink milk.