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Special episode of the pod featuring an an interview with data ethics expert Chris Dolman by Jonathan Gadir They get into the place of data ethics within orgs, how to break down the risks, and how to govern them. anchor.fm/elevenm/episod…

Poorer countries are where you find real free markets. Rich countries just have politicians that pretend they are in favour of it. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fre…

New FET podcast: A broad-ranging chat about what makes a country "rich", how to understand your effective marginal tax rate (EMTR), and clarifying why capital gains are just income labelled differently. fresheconomicthinking.substack.com/p/fet-10-whats…

New FET podcast: And no one cares... There are hugely elevated deaths in 2022 from all causes in many countries, a result of policy choices, yet no one seems to care. fresheconomicthinking.substack.com/p/fet-11-and-n…

New post: What would 2022 be like if we didn't panic about COVID? Would we be seeing elevated deaths in 2022 if we didn't majorly disrupt society with lockdowns and other policy choices? fresheconomicthinking.substack.com/p/what-would-2…

New FET podcast: The great unwinding of COVID and crypto Lately we've seen major reversals of opinion on COVID policy and crypto. Why the change of tune? Also, Australia's seen wage growth of 3.1%, but consumer spending growth of 28%. How's that possible? fresheconomicthinking.substack.com/p/fet-12-the-g…

Thread. This is a major development.

This piece is a bit more personal and was very hard for me to write. It is on how Stanford University, my home, failed to live up to its ideals during the pandemic. tabletmag.com/sections/arts-…

Given the many likes and comments, but no retweets yet, I'd suggest that the taboo on talking about this issue is still quite real. Also, talking about this issue still predictably reduces my follower count.

New FET podcast episode out now: Degrowth, decoupling, and how to get good environmental outcomes In this episode you'll also learn how I've changed my views on this topic and why I now have an optimistic view about our environmental future. fresheconomicthinking.substack.com/p/fet-13-degro…

This article by Angus Dagleish is an absolute barn burner: Suppression of debate has "cost... at least a trillion pounds, given the disastrous legacy of lockdown on education, mental health and misdiagnosis leading to early deaths from cardiac and cancer." express.co.uk/comment/expres…

Public parks are middle-class welfare. We don't need to subsidise people who won't buy their own backyards. We should fence off parks and only allow in low-income people who qualify through Centrelink. Their allowed visits should phase out if their income rises.

Great talking to Cameron Murray - we discuss the work of Henry George, Progress and Poverty, housing cycles, property investment myths, tax policy - and what's ahead for 2023... Tune in! 👇 :)

New substack on the HAFF "Considering how obsessed this country is with property investment, it really puzzles me that the housing policy we have come up with to help households being squeezed in rental markets is to not invest in building housing" fresheconomicthinking.substack.com/p/australias-h…

We let our leaders lock us down. Be careful what you wish for next time smh.com.au/national/we-le…

We need new technical breakthroughs to steer and control AI systems much smarter than us. Our new Superalignment team aims to solve this problem within 4 years, and we’re dedicating 20% of the compute we've secured to date towards this problem. Join us! openai.com/blog/introduci…

The FET podcast with myself and Jonathan Gadir is now on YouTube There are a few other videos on the channel too, and I'll be experimenting much more with FET videos in 2024. youtu.be/AJB6ZbNLjoc?si…

The branding of legitimate debate on COVID as misinformation both during the pandemic and ongoing has provoked me to write a submission to the Senate Committee overseeing the Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill. This bill should be rejected in its entirety /1