Judge Richard Posner: Privacy
05 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, law and economics, Richard Posner Tags: economics of privacy
@NZLabour policy only needs to be this single paragraph @PhilTwyford; the rest is populist overkill that will make things worse
15 May 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, urban economics
Source: Housing – New Zealand Labour Party.
Rent controls are not the answer
09 May 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation Tags: rent control
Home ownership in 2013 was at its lowest rate since the 1950s.
08 May 2017 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, politics - New Zealand, urban economics Tags: home ownership, housing affordability, land supply
The Apartment – Seinfeld – rent control
07 May 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, Public Choice, rentseeking, television, urban economics Tags: rent control, Seinfeld
When people complain about the black market or organised crime
02 May 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics Tags: black markets, offsetting behaviour, organised crime, unintended consequences
Causes of Corruption
29 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, growth disasters, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: bribery and corruption
Trailblazers: The New Zealand Story – Full Video
29 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle
#GarethMorgan wants sitting tenant laws
28 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, income redistribution, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: 2017 New Zealand election, offsetting behaviour, rent control, unintended consequences
Morgan wants to restrict the ability to evict tenants for reasons other than damage to the property and non-payment of rent. This includes not been able to evict a tenant on sale of the property.
We intend to change the regulations around residential tenancy law so leases make it far easier for a tenant to remain in the premises long term…
This will be achieved by restricting the conditions under which a landlord can evict a tenant to those of non-payment of rent or property damage. Sale of a property is not necessarily a legitimate reason for eviction. Tenants will be able to give 90 days notice.
That policy will make winding up of estates difficult. Houses will be have to be left vacant rather than rented while affairs are put in order. That is to name one of many flaws in a policy announced by a party that prioritises being different over been useful and right.
Source: RENTING Werner Z. Hirsch at encyclopedia of law and economics.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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