The author has been described by News Ltd as an "iconoclast", "Svengali", a pollie's "economist muse", and "pungently accurate". Fairfax says he is a "Renaissance man" and "one of Australia’s most respected analysts." Stephen Koukoulas concludes that he is "85% right", and "would make a great Opposition leader." Terry McCrann claims the author thinks "‘nuance’ is a trendy village in the south of France", but can be "scintillating" when he thinks "clearly". The ACTU reckons he’s "an enigma wrapped in a Bloomberg terminal, wrapped in some apparently well-honed abs."

Friday, November 6, 2009

Sacred housing cows

This is the presentation I gave to the Melbourne Institute yesterday, which seemed to be well received (click here to download it).

It slays a few sacred cows regarding Australia’s cost of housing. In particular, there is no evidence that the cost of housing in Australia has risen at a rate that is unusually high over the last 10, 20 and 30 years in comparison to key peers
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