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The great housing supply contradiction
This time the contradictory stories about rent control and housing supply are in Minnesota
Cameron Murray
Jul 24, 2022
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Why politicians must pretend to want cheap housing
UQPPES Statecraft Autumn Lecture, 16 March 2022
Cameron Murray
Mar 16, 2022
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Housing confusions: Builders versus property owners and building versus planning approval
Where I straighten out some strangely common confusions in housing supply debates.
Cameron Murray
Feb 26
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Australia's Housing Future Fund - my Senate hearing opening statement and submission
15 March 2023
Cameron Murray
Mar 15
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How much does my family spend?
We all compare ourselves to others. I share my own family's spending patterns and compare them to the ABS household expenditure survey.
Cameron Murray
Mar 26
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Population and ageing nonsense… again
The facts are clear. Big Australia economics is mostly nonsense.
Cameron Murray
Jan 9
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Ownership illusions: Competition
Part 1: If our theory of competition relies on the incentives of owners, how do we handle broad structures of cross-ownership?
Cameron Murray
Dec 11, 2022
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Since families share economic resources, does it matter if men earn more than women, or vice-versa?
Looking at the spending side of the household ledger, not just the income side, changes how we analyse the issue
Cameron Murray
Mar 12
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How much does a family need to earn to be as well off as an age pensioner?
We hear about the struggles of age pensioners and retirement. What about the struggles of everyone else? How do they really compare?
Cameron Murray
Jun 5, 2022
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Property cartel goes mainstream
Even writers at the New York Times are noticing that property developers won't flood the market to bring down prices.
Cameron Murray
Aug 28, 2022
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Why is the rent-to-income-ratio flat?
For decades private renters in many countries have spent roughly the same share of income on housing.
Cameron Murray
Oct 2, 2022
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Over 2,600 apply to Australia's COVID vaccine injury compensation scheme
New data from a Freedom of Information request show that 2,622 have lodged claims in Australia's compensation scheme for harm due to the COVID vaccine…
Cameron Murray
Sep 11, 2022
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