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.

No quotas on international students (good riddance); how people think of money could cost Albanese at the next election; at least Australia’s housing market still functions like a market; why Europe stagnates; the not-so Future Fund, trade thoughts, Elon Musk’s incentives, and the future of war.

A closer look at Dutton’s housing policy; the magic of quantitative easing; Canada might soon be shrinking; the global demographic decline; AI snake oil is spreading; and what do voters care about.

The recent Nobel Prize in Economics sheds light on Australia’s biggest challenges and offers insights into whether they can be truly solved.

Australia’s housing crisis won’t be solved by federal policies alone, and demand-side measures from both major parties risk pushing prices even higher, while critical supply-side barriers—like restrictive zoning laws and regulations—remain largely unaddressed.