Showing posts with label positional goods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label positional goods. Show all posts
Saturday, November 11, 2017

Where is the best place to live?

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The pathway above Orion beach, Vincentia, NSW, Australia Over the last few months I have had personal reasons to ponder this question...
Monday, April 11, 2016

Is Australian housing more than 40% over-valued?

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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics A recent article in The Economist suggests that “housing appears to be more than 40% over...
Monday, October 1, 2012

Is it the duty of government to realize the good life for all citizens?

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‘If the  first goal of the individual is to realize the good life for himself, the first duty of the state is to realize, insofar as it li...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

How does income inequality affect happiness?

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Early yesterday the thought occurred to me that it might be a good idea to write something about the effects of inequality on happiness le...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Where is Ross Gittins coming from?

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A few days ago, Evan, a person who comments on Jim Belshaw’s blog, wrote : ‘I think Ross Gittins is a good model for how to write on econ...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Should wasteful competition for positional goods be taken into account in tax policy?

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In my last post I began my review of Robert Frank’s ‘The Darwin Economy’, by outlining how Adam Smith viewed the strivings of people to b...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

What did Adam Smith think of externalities associated with the efforts of individuals to improve their relative position?

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I have enjoyed reading Robert Frank’s new book, ‘The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition and the Common Good’, more than I thought I woul...
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