Monthly Archives: April 2011

A bit of Government 2.0 from Muammar Gaddafi

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Nicholas Gruen

This Internet, which any demented person, any drunk can get drunk and write in, do you believe it? The Internet is like a vacuum cleaner, it can suck anything. Any useless person; any liar; any drunkard; anyone under the influence; … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Web and Government 2.0 | 5 Comments

“It is good sense to appoint individual people to jobs on their merit. It is the opposite when those who are judged to have merit of a particular kind harden into a new social class without room in it for others”

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Nicholas Gruen

Having just watched Q&A on the republic (looking for my daughter who’d got herself into the audience!), I was intrigued by the post I’ve replicated below.  I am the most luke warm republican around and have almost certainly put Chris … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Education, Law, Political theory, Politics - national | 27 Comments

Hayek vs Keynes, Round 2

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Rafe Champion

Here it is folks, courtesy of Cafe Hayek.

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US supreme court overtaken by right wing bots

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Nicholas Gruen

  Ken’s last post seeks to crowdsource ideas for teaching law students some of their cognitive biases.  I’d been contemplating on posting on something I’d read in Supercrunchers, and this gave me the perfect opportunity. Good questions Ken. I can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Law, Philosophy | 21 Comments

“Financial planning” – a sales force masquerades as a profession

Posted on April 28, 2011 by David Walker

A bunch of new rules are being introduced to Parliament today governing what is usually called the “financial planning” industry. Big new regulatory schemes often have large unintended consequences, and this one could too. But if ever an industry needed to change … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, regulation | 2 Comments

Rooting out Cognitive Bias 101

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Ken Parish

Nicholas Gruen’s post about Einstellung (a person’s predisposition to solve a given problem in a specific manner even though there are “better” or more appropriate methods of solving it) has given me an idea.  I would like to devise a … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Education | 33 Comments

Forecasting from nowcasting . . .

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Nicholas Gruen

Speaking of $100 bills on the pavement, I haven’t looked into this – but look forward to doing so at some stage. Given the preponderance of IT systems which generate real time data for their organisations – firms and agencies … Continue reading →

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