Monthly Archives: July 2009

Mercantilist industry policy versus free markets

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Nicholas Gruen

If you take an interest in the ‘free trade versus protection’ debate – which I’ve tried to use a rather more general formulation of in the heading above – and you are alive to the possibility that the debate might … Continue reading →

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The Theory of SPIN: Serial Professional Innovation Negation

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Nicholas Gruen

Cross Posted from Gov2.net.au. Its a truism that the public sector is risk averse and that thats one of the things holding up the adoption of Web 2.0 approaches and indeed quite a few Web 1.0 approaches. I dont think … Continue reading →

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Me on Intellectual Property

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Nicholas Gruen

Over a month ago I gave a paper at a conference organised by Brian Fitzgerald which I reproduced earlier on Troppo here. The paper went well and I now find that an interview I gave has been recorded on the … Continue reading →

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Is Rudd an antiliberal?

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Fred Argy

Michael Stutchbury addresses Rudds assault on neo-liberalism in The Australian, 28/7/09. Stutchbury has some good points to make but he is, like everyone else in The Australian, obsessed with the debt question and the justification for active (discretionary) government intervention. … Continue reading →

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Pictures it was important you not see

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Nicholas Gruen

From Universe Today Ice loss in Barrow Alaska from 2006 to 2007. Credit: US Geological Survey Last week the US government released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice that have been used to help scientists study the … Continue reading →

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Seize the hour!

Posted on July 24, 2009 by James Farrell

I attended the third and final session in the public forum series Getting to Grips with the Economy, organised by the Whitlam Institute at the Riverside Theatre in glorious Parramatta. This one featured John Quiggin, Steve Keen and the confessed … Continue reading →

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Is the world deeply divided?

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Fred Argy

There is a thoughtful article in the Financial Times by Paul De Grauwe which is found in http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/478de136-762b-11de-9e59-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss It notes the big disagreement between two opposing camps on macro-economics (the Ricardians versus Keynesians), regarding the application of budget deficits in … Continue reading →

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