Matt Nolan
Thinking about Aaron Inc - The Dismal Science
Aug 16, 2013 •
Aaron Schiff has an excellent post up on his blog, discussing why the NZ Inc idea can be a bit dangerous. I agree with him, and he has made a neat way of explaining it more clearly than I could have: Think about it from a personal perspective. Imagine I was offered a high paying […]
Series on tax: Part seven – externalities - The Dismal Science
Aug 14, 2013 •
We are nearing the end of the tax articles – after this one there is only “inflation tax” left! The current article is on the free lunch associated with externality taxes! As I say at the end of the article, go here and read Eric Crampton talking about them. My key point is that we’ve […]
New TVHE author: Introducing Shamubeel Eaqub - The Dismal Science
Aug 14, 2013 •
I see that Offsetting Behaviour has already beaten me to it, but in case you haven’t seen it I’d like to warmly introduce Shamubeel Eaqub as a new TVHE contributor. He is joining Agnitio, Goonix, James, and Myself as “potentially regular writers” – which implies having the ability to just write something on here whenever […]
LVRs are coming: Let’s think about the causes underlying this - The Dismal Science
Aug 13, 2013 •
I see the RBNZ has come out with the details of the LVR restrictions (loan-to-value limits on mortgages) they may well put in place soon. That is cool. I’m also Continue Reading →
Growing consensus on capital requirements - The Dismal Science
Aug 13, 2013 •
Sounds like the Massey University panel on banking regulation was good times – with Don Brash, David Tripe, and Bevan Graham all largely in agreement. For what it matters I Continue Reading →
Isn’t Economic History grand - The Dismal Science
Aug 09, 2013 •
The discussion about Milton Friedman going on at the moment is great fun – with a bunch of people discussing whether Friedman was Keynesian and what this even means. It Continue Reading →
The Tiwai industrial subsidy - The Dismal Science
Aug 08, 2013 •
Bleh, it was bad enough that Tiwai was being effectively subsidised to start with – but a $30m sweetener. Urg. I would say something – but I’ll leave it up Continue Reading →
The need for clarity on social capital - The Dismal Science
Aug 08, 2013 •
I first remember seeing this paper over on Anti-dismal here. I wanted to mention it over here as well, but forgot! But then Vox-EU came up with a summary as Continue Reading →
The milk powder bans - The Dismal Science
Aug 05, 2013 •
The NZ milk powder bans dairy product bans (make that all dairy products for Russia, and milk powder from Australiasia from China), in China and Russia are undeniably a big Continue Reading →
Wolak strikes back - The Dismal Science
Aug 02, 2013 •
Remember the energy policy disucssion (here and here on TVHE) – where the Labour and Greens took a number from the Wolak report to try to justify a single buyer Continue Reading →