Archive - Building a New Economics

Australian Housing Policy: Putting Out a Fire with Gasoline, Again

Australia is the world leader in a worldwide house prices con job

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August 2025

Will AI deliver – and at what cost?

The AI revolution will make many companies more efficient, but at what cost to society?

Aug 30 •

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New YouTube video explaining government money creation to Ray Dalio

Both Government and Private Debt Create Money

Aug 25 •

UBI and the tech bros

Elon Musk is amongst those advocating a Universal Basic Income. He realises his vision of the future is not compatible with today's capitalism, so he…

Aug 23 •

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"Money and Macroeconomics from First Principles" now available in paperback

for Elon Musk and Other Engineers

Aug 23 •

Ray Dalio video hits the mark

My most recent video assesses Ray Dalio’s analysis of credit, and uses a simple Ravel model to explain why he is right about credit, and the economic…

Aug 19 •

Countering the Cantillon Effect

How Cantillon's observation that only the rich benefit from new money can be countered by more of a balance between public and private sector money…

Aug 16 •

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First Principles Money and Macro #2 on Amazon

Help keep it up there--if not higher.

Aug 11 •

Money and Macroeconomics from First Principles for Elon Musk and Other Engineers

Now available on Amazon in Kindle format

Aug 10 •

Planning, egos and resources

Does central planning have an issue with resource allocation? Does a free market economy do any better?

Aug 9 •

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The housing market is a rigged game

NPR recently reported that US house sales are down, while at the same time, prices are at their highest level ever.

Aug 5 •

Echoes of Stalin in Trump’s sacking Bureau of the Labor Statistics chief

The Bureau of Labor Statistics put out a disappointing employment report on August 1st. Not only was the growth of employment below expectations, the…

Aug 3 •

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