Non Substack reads

Below are some blogs I look at regularly, with a bit of a description.

Offsetting behaviour: The granddaddy of economics blogging in New Zealand. Eric Crampton merges economic frameworks and a wide reading of policy debates to offer principled thoughts on a range of policy topics. The New Zealand version of Marginal Revolution.

One Final Effort: An Australian housing economics blog from my colleague Matthew Maltman. Provides deep dives on housing economics issues, highlighting the importance of issues such as zoning constraints on influencing supply. Every post is a banger, strong recommend.

Croaking Cassandra: A wide ranging New Zealand economics blog by former RBNZ and Treasury official Michael Reddell. Required reading when it comes to monetary policy and tax issues, Michael is a thoughtful and knowledgable policy economist.

Peter Winsley: Peter Winsley is a retired New Zealand public servant with a wide range of knowledge and experience, who blogs on issues of economics and property rights in New Zealand. His experience and ability to weave in stories from his career provide an engaging way to think about issues that are a bit outside my own comfort zone.

TVHE: A rarely updated blog by a group of New Zealand economists. Will be updated in the near future, and will update the description then.

Substacks

I’m not sure if my recommended Substacks show up anywhere - so adding them here for some love as well.

Asymmetric Information: The New Zealand Association of Economics (NZAE) blog, currently editted by Dave Heatley (formerly of the Productivity Commission). Would recommend a substack based on either of those facts - but mixing it together this is a definite must read!

Institutional Economics: Stephen Kirchner’s substack is a great source of information about Australian economics - just like his blog Institutional Economics was! Stephen has never shied away from saying it as it is, and his thoughts and comments on all things monetary policy are absolute must reads. He was also an early proponent of both blogging and NGDP targeting, which should give him extra points.

Gross National Product: Zac Gross’s substack was the first time I saw the site - and involved trying to evaluate counterfactual monetary policy to understand how the RBA was doing. All his posts provide valuable insights, especially when focused on monetary policy.