Monthly Archives: November 2011

Ken Henry and conspiracy theories

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Ken Parish

I paid a visit to Catallaxy earlier today after my Google reader informed me that Rafe Champion had awarded me and Jason Soon something called the HL Mencken Award. Although it’s evidently not intended ironically, I was a bit taken … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Politics - national | 16 Comments

The Amazon future works

Posted on November 29, 2011 by David Walker

The ABC’s Australia Talks program ran a show this week about the troubles of the Australian book industry. Its starting point was that the local bookselling and book publishing industry is in a heap of trouble. Not for the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, IT and Internet, Media, Print media | 52 Comments

‘Does the hierarchy of needs’ need revisiting?

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Nicholas Gruen

This made me laugh

Posted in Humour | 10 Comments

Missing Link Friday – politics and violence

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Don Arthur

White Ribbon Day: "In an afternoon in Montreal on December 6th 1989, a man massacred 14 of his female classmates. From this horrific action, a nation was brought to the forefront of an issue that had been severely underreported for … Continue reading →

Posted in Missing Link | 36 Comments

Economists as engineers and humbler, better scientists

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Nicholas Gruen

Here’s a paragraph I wrote about fifteen years ago. The culture of economic expertise places inadequate weight on integrating insights from multiple perspectives, that it frequently places an unreasonably high ‘burden of proof’ on heterodox views, and that it has … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Methodology, Philosophy | 35 Comments

Environmental damage: mining versus farming

Posted on November 22, 2011 by David Walker

Adelaide’s “Festival of Ideas” last month featured a useful discussion of the mining industry’s contribution to the economy, since replayed on the ABC program The National Interest. Towards the end there was a brief discussion of how mining damages prime … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 135 Comments

The ethics of the second oldest profession

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Ken Parish

The ethics of the second oldest profession – new post by me at CDU Law and Business Online.

Posted in Law | 17 Comments