It is study at Vic day today, so if you or someone you know is a Year 13 then the Year 13 needs to head up to Victoria University – so that we can convince them that they should study Economics. [Economics is up at10.25 at HM205 and 1.10 at HM104.] But if you can’t […]
Given I’m currently heavily heavily busy I’ll have to pull another comment from this Top 10 at 10 Economists don’t have universal truths, which is why I can’t understand how it is called a science. Without those universal truths all you can expect is opinions. Questions: Does science have universal truths? Is it true that […]
I kindly received an email via the Green party yesterday pointing me to the costings on their website. I see that the costings (here) were looked at by two independent economic consultancies – BERL and Infometrics (which is my workplace). I haven’t been involved with any of it, or talked to any of the people involved. […]
Via a Timothy Taylor blog post, the following couple of graphs: And an important priviso: Moreover, minimum wages across countries should also evaluated in the context of other government spending programs or tax provisions that benefit low-wage families. None of this is to say what minimum wage is right or wrong, or what set of […]
On a recent Top 10 at 10 I did on interest.co.nz (about economists) came the following comment: U know what economists will be replaced by in next 10 yrs? Data Scientists! Trust me on that. Thoughts?
I have been remiss talking about this election – as I am a touch bogged down. My apologies – I’ll try to write about things when I see them. As a result, here is the Green’s plan to increase the level of income redistribution. From the Stuff article: 3 per cent – of taxpayers affected […]