Congratulations to Nathaniel Deitch, Honours student in Economics and Finance at University of Sydney! The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has announced that he has been awarded the 2024 Brian Gray Scholarship. Learn more: apra.gov.au/news-and-publi…

New Zealand will change its heritage legislation to stop preserving dysfunctional eyesores. beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-…

Don’t raise interest rates because that hurts. Don’t cut government spending because that hurts. There’s gotta be some third, secret, completely costless thing that’ll squash inflation. Surely.

🚨Final reminder!🚨 Deadline for OzMac Workshop this Friday, 30th August! (sites.google.com/view/ozmac-wor…) This year at Uni of Sydney Economics in Sydney, Australia, December 9-10. Keynotes: * Joseph Mullins (U. Minnesota) * Sushant Acharya (Bank of Canada) Looking forward to your papers!

Imagine how insanely self-destructive it would seem to read the headline “Iron ore exports capped at 700 million tonnes in blow for large mining companies”. A terrified government desperate to look like it’s “doing something” without any regard for the cost. I hope it is blocked.

Struggling to understand this economic vandalism, seemingly operating as their main housing policy. Will certainly cause job losses at our top universities. And these are generally good-quality, high-paying jobs.

My Conversation take on today's international student cap announcement. Total new enrolments are likely to below the 270,000 cap. theconversation.com/the-government…

Submission Deadline for your favorite conference is 31st August. Closing soon! WAMS+LAEF 2024 Perth, 27-29th November tinyurl.com/y25wydzv Keynotes: Guido Ascari Jose-Victor Rios-Rull Richard Rogerson

Today is the submission deadline to the Australian Macroeconomic Workshop!

Honestly kind of impressed by the public on this one.

Excited to announce my new book with Richard Holden, Australia's Pandemic Exceptionalism, will be out on October 1 via NewSouth Publishing. We're holding launch events in Sydney and Canberra this month so please reach out if you'd like to come. Preorder here! 🧵1/9 unsw.press/books/australi…

Another fantastic haul from the annual University of Sydney Book Fair. Head on down! sydney.edu.au/study/student-…