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Our professorial contributors illuminate the latest academic research in real estate and economic policy

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Gold’s Returns: Professor Lizieri responds to the Undercover Investor

by Colin Lizieri | Jan 29, 2024

One of the hardest tasks in education now is to encourage students to develop critical thinking skills when information sources have fragmented, and debate and argument seem to have degenerated into simply restating positions with increasing vehemence. When confronted with a statement, we push...

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The failure of Imperial College modelling is far worse than we knew

by Phillip W. Magness | Apr 26, 2021

A fascinating exchange played out in the UK’s House of Lords on 2 June 2020. Neil Ferguson, the physicist from Imperial College London who created the main epidemiology model...

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Playing fast and loose with numbers

by Joakim Book | Apr 26, 2021

Journalism is hard. To portray the world accurately to a lay audience without delving into the complexities and nuances of the universe we inhabit, writers must always simplify,...

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Why specialised real estate is a better investment strategy

by Robbie Lin | Apr 22, 2021

While institutional investors of the 1990s preferred passive investment vehicles with a diversified portfolio of multiple real estate sectors, recent real estate investment...

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Porcelain and the making of the modern world

by Stephen Davies | Apr 15, 2021

When Marco Polo returned to Europe from his journey around Asia he brought back many things. One that attracted much attention at the time and went on to have a profound...

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New York’s fiscal suicide

by Daniel J. Mitchell | Apr 13, 2021

The state of New York is an economic disaster area. New York is ranked #50 in the Economic Freedom of North America.New York is ranked #48 in...

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India’s impending war on crypto

by Peter C. Earle | Apr 8, 2021

A senior official in the Indian government recently revealed to Reuters that the government would soon propose a law banning the trade and possession of cryptocurrencies. India...

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A trillion here, a trillion there

by Clifford F. Thies | Apr 7, 2021

The late Everett Dirksen, a long-serving Minority Leader of the Republicans in the US Senate, is famously quoted as saying a billion here, a billion there, and soon we’re talking...

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US household net worth hits a record while debt service remains low

by Robert Hughes | Apr 6, 2021

Despite the pandemic, restrictive government policies, and the worst economic contraction in history, US household net worth rose again in the fourth quarter to a new record....

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California’s wealth tax won’t work – the UK shouldn’t copy it

by Philip Booth | Mar 29, 2021

This article was originally published in August 2020. There is no doubt that California is in a big fiscal hole. It relies heavily on income taxes from wealthy taxpayers making...