Comments on: Tony Abbott’s economics primer

By: Mark Hill

Mark Hill — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:21:17 +0000

Has Abbot ever studied economics?

Productivity can’t be *high* during a recession since the demand for labour has fallen.

Simple neoclassical marginal productivity here.

By: Bannerman

Bannerman — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:48 +0000

Abbott should start a blog. That kind of trash is right down there with Blair.

By: Geoff Honnor

Geoff Honnor — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:18:59 +0000

It doesn’t really matter what Rudd was intending to say. It’s the politics of how he went about it - first in fudging the AM interview by appearing to prefer to answer a question he hadn’t been asked; secondly by carelessly leaving his briefing notes lying around - that count against him in political trench warfare terms. He came out of it looking a bit like your typically tricky pollie who couldn’t quite manage the “clever” bit. Whether anyone outside the Canberra commentariat is taking any notice is a different question entirely. If the electors are feverishly poring over quarterly productivity data in any great numbers, I’d be tremendously surprised.

By: Bring Back CL's blog

Bring Back CL's blog — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:16:31 +0000

I didn’t hear him talk about SR productivity indeed quite the opposite both on AM, insiders and the rest journos and pollies mistook SR productivity with LR productivity movements.

Rudd was sticking to LR patterns as he should and as his excellent briefing document told him.
After reading it I am wondering whether his critics, you included, understand what he was actually saying.
If we take Costello at his word then he clearly doesn’t.