Friday, 14 August 2026
Reader mailbag - prediction markets
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In today's inbox: Hello Eric, My name is [redacted]. I read your article about prediction market regulation with interest. As a student...
Thursday, 13 August 2026
Spills
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A new and more rational basis for ongoing choice of party leaders in a Parliamentary system. Step one. Set a prediction market contract. ...
Monday, 27 July 2026
Geloso on how to think like a good economist
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I really like Vincent Geloso's slide deck on market processes, market failures, and government failures. Over the past couple of months,...
Friday, 24 July 2026
Let them build: electricity and datacentres edition
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New Zealand's electricity companies know how to stick a pipe into the ground in the Taupo Volcanic Zone and generate electricity. They...
Just fix industrial allocations
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New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme includes industrial allocations of carbon credits aimed at avoiding inefficient carbon leakage. B...
Thursday, 23 July 2026
KiwiSaver needs guardrails
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A few weeks ago, I proposed some guardrails that I think would be needed if a future National-led government removes the option to opt-out o...
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
Canada stepping up
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The Wall Street Journal had an excellent two-parter on Mark Carney's handling of a rather difficult situation: a century-long ally and d...
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