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Posts by Matt Nolan

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Matt's musings Podcast · Matt Nolan · Some thoughts on Australasian Economics tvhe.substack.com

How should we design multi-choice tests to best capture student knowledge and ability? I have no idea - which is why I had a yarn with @pelinakyol.bsky.social about recent work she has undertaken on this topic.

Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2KXvuD6...

Substack: tvhe.substack.com/p/pelin-akyo...

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Chatting about tax reform with Steven Hamilton A week back I had the chance to sit down for a chat with Steven Hamilton. The focus of the conversation was should we have tax reform in Australia?

With an election coming up tax reform as a concept has reappeared on the agenda. I had the pleasure of yarning with @shamilton.bsky.social on such reform - along with some hot takes about communicating tax policy and the size of the public service.

tvhe.substack.com/p/chatting-a...

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Memories of the COVID lockdown What happened March 13 to 27th 2020?

Five years ago today both Australian's and New Zealander's were firmly in lockdown. What was the policy discussion like at the time? I decide to have a trip down memory lane to find out.

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Warming up for Australian Budget 2025 Lachlan and taken me through the big topics for the upcoming Australian Budget (taking place on the 25th of March 2025) - the Budget that wasn’t supposed to happen!

Excited about the 2025 Budget? Lachlan Vass and I are. Hear us get progressively more hype here: tvhe.substack.com/p/warming-up...

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Should Australia retaliate to tariffs? Is it time to bring out the DST?

Should we retaliate to tariffs with a Digital Services tax? Probably not but let's see if we can make the argument: tvhe.substack.com/p/should-aus...

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AI and the economic possibilities for our grandchildren Why AI is a test of our empathy - not of human ability

The challenge of AI is not about the limits of human economic potential, but the limits of human empathy - something that each of us has control over.

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The economics of COVID in real time - pre-lockdowns Blog memories of COVID-19 in New Zealand prior to 13 March 2020

Remembering the lead up to the declaration of the COVID pandemic in New Zealand - and why this was the one country without a run on toilet paper: tvhe.substack.com/p/the-econom...

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