Monthly Archives: July 2006

A great column by Krugman. Shock and Awe For Americans who care deeply about Israel, one of the truly nightmarish things about the war in Lebanon has been watching Israel repeat the same mistakes the United States made in Iraq. … Continue reading →

Big Pharma is in a bind. A big bind. As James Surowiecki explains in this excellent piece there are some really big problems looming for pharmaceutical companies. And like the saying about banks, when the problems are big enough, they’re … Continue reading →

I went hunting for pieces by one of the worlds really good economic journalists, James Surowiecki of the New Yorker (author of the truly teriffic best seller The Wisdom of Crowds). This nice piece on net neutrality reminded me that … Continue reading →

I vaguely remember wondering if Skandar Keynes – who played Edmund Pevensee (the bad child who gets saved by the others) – was related when I saw the credits. Running into his name again in an unlikely context here, I … Continue reading →

The following opinion piece first appeared in New Matilda. Comments welcome. Many economists are fond of saying that a country can have relatively high employment or relatively low inequality – but not both. The argument runs like this. Good employment … Continue reading →

An interesting piece by Stephen Koukoulas on the extent to which our inflation numbers are being driven lower than they otherwise would be by the falling price of Chinese imports. It’s over the fold and was reported in Crikey and … Continue reading →