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I talk with Konrad Hurren, a New Zealand Economist.
We cover a lot of topics, looking at Austrian economics and how it can be considered in a New Zealand context, the challenges and inherent biases with trying to measure an economy with things like GDP and CPI, and the difference between the science and practice of economics.
Links:
Cafe Hayek by Don Boudreaux - https://cafehayek.com/
Austrian School for Investors: Austrian Investing between Inflation and Deflation: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/29549969
The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class by Guy Standing: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/10696419
The Bitcoin Matrix by Cedric Youngelman: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-bitcoin-matrix/id1534519469
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