Cameron MurrayinFresh Economic ThinkingA housing supply absorption rate equationYou are a housing developer with a large plot of land on the fringes of a major city with no planning constraints. How quickly should you…5 min read·Sep 2, 2020----
Cameron MurrayinFresh Economic ThinkingAre NIMBYs financially motivated or are property developers?A puzzle came via twitter following the crazy story of RBA research claiming that if you remove planning controls, apartment prices will…3 min read·Aug 10, 2020----
Cameron MurrayinFresh Economic ThinkingA housing absorption rate formulaHousing supply is one of the most misunderstood processes in economics. The reason for this is that the core standard theory of economics…8 min read·Aug 4, 2020----
Cameron MurrayinFresh Economic ThinkingMissing middle housing? Blame economics, not planningA common objective of town planning schemes is the densification of existing suburbs to create “missing middle” density. This is usually…3 min read·Mar 31, 2020--1--1
Cameron MurrayinFresh Economic ThinkingA “Central Housing Bank” proposal for a crisis… and beyondCameron Murray Henry Halloran Trust, The University of Sydney 20 March 20203 min read·Mar 25, 2020----
Cameron MurrayinFresh Economic ThinkingBad economics of the stamp duty discourseThis is an expanded version of an article first published at The Conversation.9 min read·Feb 17, 2020----
Cameron MurrayinFresh Economic ThinkingThe easiest retirement system — Retiree TokensPeople are often confused about retirement income systems. Understandably so. Most economists, and organisations such as the IMF, OECD…3 min read·Feb 17, 2020----
Cameron MurrayinFresh Economic ThinkingRent control is totally normal price-cap regulationBernie Sanders has smashed the Overton window. Rent control is going global.4 min read·Feb 1, 2020----
Cameron MurrayinFresh Economic ThinkingHousing subsidy and UBI confusionWhen the Australia government introduced a cash grant for first home buyers, the aggregate effect was to increase home prices by roughly…4 min read·Feb 1, 2020----
Cameron MurrayinFresh Economic ThinkingThe bathtub analogy of housing supplyMany people hold the view that rezoning land to allow higher density residential uses on each plot will accelerate the rate of city…6 min read·Jun 11, 2019--1--1