Monthly Archives: September 2006

Topalov 2 v Kramnik 3

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Nicholas Gruen

Chess players are nothing if not temperamental.   The story so far – at least as I could be bothered learning about it is that: Topalov’s camp protested about the frequency with which Kramnik was going to the toilet(!) The … Continue reading →

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NRL 2006: The Decider!

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Shaun Cronin

It all started on the 10th of March with the Dragons and Tigers and will end about 8:45 Sunday night with either the Broncos or the Storm being the 2006 NRL Premiers. It has been an interesting season but the … Continue reading →

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Weekend reflections

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Nicholas Gruen

Two weeks ago Ken wondered aloud on ‘weekend reflections’ that it might not work all that well on Troppo.   It had only attracted between four and ten comments in the past.   Anyway, the very thread he wrote this … Continue reading →

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Commoditising High Cost Technology

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Cam

In 1963 the Australian Government ordered the F111 at the then astronomical cost of $112 million with the final cost a decade later being 324 million. It has been the best bang for the buck purchase Australian has made in … Continue reading →

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The Stoush in the South

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Rex Ringschott

There is nothing, I’m sure you’d agree, more fascinating, more delightful to observe, or more satisfying to the soul, than to see two grown men poke their tongues out at each other, fully extend to the other, the middle digit … Continue reading →

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Ian Jarvie on Popper’s “social turn”

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Tony Harris

It is generally accepted that Popper did not give a thorough account of the way that science actually works, and that is supposed to indicate that by the 1960s he was a bit out of things. Perhaps he did some … Continue reading →

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Globalisation – what happens next and what will it mean?

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Nicholas Gruen

I’ve been doing some (fairly idle) thinking but not much reading about globalisation and the extent to which large amounts of ‘offshoring’ of labour will be good and who it will be good for. I can’t say I’ve got far … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Uncategorised | 3 Comments