Travel

I spent a couple of days walking the streets of Tokyo, observing the city’s ‘anything goes’ approach to zoning that lets people build, trade, and experiment in ways Australian cities can’t.

What I learned about housing and transport from walking Tokyo’s Yamanote rail loop.

The Caribbean is a lovely place, but I probably won’t rush back.

Australia has a productivity problem but we won’t find solutions by copying the recent economic shifts in the US.

Here are a few short takes for you to chew over on the weekend, from the week’s happenings that probably didn’t need a full post. 1. Protecting us from ourselves # I was scrolling through the AFR last Sunday, as one does, and noticed the following headline: Labor to overhaul ‘sophisticated investor’ test. Great, I thought – they’re finally going to make it possible for retail investors to buy higher-risk, higher-return products! How wrong I was: