rmaccullochAug 29, 20212 minFirst Home Buyers Beware: Your own bank may start bidding against you at the auctionThe Times in the UK, as well as media outlets in the US, have documented a growing phenomena. Big financial institutions are snapping up...
rmaccullochAug 27, 20212 minMy "toy model" is better than your "toy model"You may have heard the jokes. One of the founders of modern economics, Paul Samuelson, once observed how "the stock market has predicted...
rmaccullochAug 25, 20214 minCan we solve the problem of Kiwi Media Bias for $1?I wrote an "opinion column" with the above title for the National Business Review which they published yesterday. It is reproduced below,...
rmaccullochAug 25, 20212 minAn Economist's Viewpoint: Our government should have vaccinated Auckland FIRSTAs I've discovered the hard way, the last thing our government likes doing is involving folks, especially economists, in decision-making...