Money, Housing, And King Canute
The first 'podcast' listed above includes interviews with two highly competent economists, University of Auckland property economist Michael Rehm, and former Reserve Bank monetary economist Michael Reddell. The hologram of another such economist, Arthur Grimes, was present also. The interviewer is Kathryn Ryan, certainly one of our more intelligent journalists, more prepared than most to dig a little, though prone to asking questions heavily laden with assumptions. Kathryn Ryan to Michael Rehm: "Do you believe house prices will correct [ie, in times of low inflation, 'fall substantially'], an...