David Walker
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6 days ago |
thehill.com | David Walker
Now that Elon Musk has announced his intention to leave the Department of Government Efficiency and return to his private-sector companies, it is appropriate to review what DOGE has and has not accomplished — and what needs to happen in the future. Contrary to assertions by some, DOGE has not conducted audits. Rather, it has performed targeted and tactical transaction reviews of selected government information systems using artificial intelligence capabilities.
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3 weeks ago |
insidehousing.co.uk | David Walker
Comment Our new report reveals the devastating impact that the predominantly market-based approach to housing development has had on Manchester, writes Dr David Walker, Bishop of Manchester and chair of the Manchester Social Housing Commission Sharelines Our new report reveals the devastating impact that the predominantly market-based approach to housing development has had on Manchester, writes Right Reverend Dr David Walker, Bishop of Manchester and chair of the Manchester Social Housing...
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3 weeks ago |
clubtroppo.com.au | David Walker
Peter Dutton’s Opposition has promised to cut Australian immigration by a quarter “to tackle the housing crisis“. Is migration is putting pressure on housing prices? And will a 25 per cent migration cut relieve that pressure? These seem to be points on which not just the parties but the community differs. So it seems worthwhile to look at whether Dutton’s stated position has any support in the literature.
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3 weeks ago |
clubtroppo.com.au | David Walker
Many people think that if Medicare works for getting sick, it must also work for dental and anxiety and ADHD and various other types of problems. That isn’t necessarily the case. One big problem for any sort of health intervention is the interested carer. They have an incentive to suggest you need treatment. In the case of classic sickness, overtreatment has been restrained through various mechanisms. There is reason to think that in many other fields, such restraint is less likely.
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1 month ago |
clubtroppo.com.au | David Walker
Advice for homebuyers and citizens: housing guarantee schemes deserve your derisive laughter, whoever backs them. A young woman who I have known for many years messaged me yesterday to ask a question. She and her partner have been saving hard for a year or so, and were planning to save for a few more. This a pattern that millions of Australians have followed over the past two hundred years, and it has generally worked well.
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RT @clairlemon: The great @tylercowen in defence of expertise in @TheFP https://t.co/EHrkpZe1Kw
Interesting answer to an interesting question. Note that many left-wing think-tanks made the ill-judged decision to align themselves with the federal rather than state ALP’s policy direction. And so they missed Australia’s biggest policy change of recent years.
Federal Labor seems to be captured by the social housing lobby, who think every housing problem is solved by increasing their subsidies. They have an evidence-free preference for government solutions over the market. 2/7
I've taken to posting material on Club Troppo that just sums up the state of play on various issues. Here's my attempt to sum up what we know about housing's influence on immigration: https://t.co/opsT9qKhhV
