Sex, Drugs and Economics

Authentic, hand-crafted artisanal blog posts on economics and other stuff. Warning: May contain traces of nuts.

Saturday, 30 June 2018

What the Blitz can tell us about the cost of land use restrictions

Land use regulations are frequently cited as impediments to urban development, economic growth or employment growth (and they are a frequent...

Thursday, 28 June 2018

The new fuel tax will be regressive, provided you understand what regressive means

I really despair over the economic literacy failures of our government and media. The latest example, reported in the New Zealand Herald thi...

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Why study economics? Uber data scientist edition...

There is a common misconception that the eventual job title that economics students are studying towards is 'economist', in the same...

Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Tim Harford on opportunity cost

One of the first concepts I cover in my ECONS101 and ECONS102 classes is opportunity cost. It is also one of the most misunderstood concepts...

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