Sawtooth Economics

The AI files: Consumers are already benefiting from AI🍋

Paul Krugman says that AI does nothing for Americans. I disagree

Published on Asymmetric Information • Oct 24

The AI files: Making sense of artificial intelligence🍋

We don't know how AI will turn out. But that doesn't mean we know nothing

Published on Asymmetric Information • Oct 1

April 2026

Something Must Be Done. This Is Something.🍋

The politics of fuel shocks so often outruns the economics

Published on Asymmetric Information • Apr 3

September 2025

When I'm sixty-four🍋

An economic perspective on ageing

Published on Asymmetric Information • Sep 3, 2025

April 2025

Explode, reuse, recycle🍋

The changing economics of space launch

Published on Asymmetric Information • Apr 7, 2025

October 2024

Your average wombat is probably smarter🍋

World Wombat Day gave me the excuse to review the new Apple Intelligence

Published on Asymmetric Information • Oct 28, 2024

August 2024

People are choosing to move to warmer places🍋

In seeming contradiction of rising global temperatures

Published on Asymmetric Information • Aug 25, 2024

Paying peanuts for passion🍋

Underinvesting in the Social Investment Board

Published on Asymmetric Information • Aug 8, 2024

July 2024

The CloudStrike outage: a tale of trust & tradeoffs🍋

The internet is surprising: fragile yet hard to fix

Published on Asymmetric Information • Jul 21, 2024

May 2024

We expect too much from universities🍋

And are they at risk of technological disruption?

Published on Asymmetric Information • May 28, 2024

Thinking slowly about Daniel Kahneman🍋

My thoughts on his legacy

Published on Asymmetric Information • May 12, 2024

April 2024

Pricing and fairness on the Milford Track🍋

$92 per night for a hut is too expensive and unfair, says the NZ Herald. But is a lower price any fairer?

Published on Asymmetric Information • Apr 14, 2024