Monthly Archives: June 2012

Karl Stefanovic and the Dalai Lama

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Nicholas Gruen

I didn’t know I was a fan of Karl’s till this. (Apologies if you’ve seen it before – like our tagline says – Troppo, proudly a few months behind the cutting edge of popular culture)

Posted in Humour | 1 Comment

The truth is out there …

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Ken Parish

Erstwhile econoblogger and now federal Labor MP Andrew Leigh has been unjustly traduced by the dastardly Liberals and has complained about it on Twitter.  Somewhat uncharitably some might think, I couldn’t resist a gentle return poke: As media analyst Andrew … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Politics - national | 17 Comments

Inequality and life satisfaction

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Nicholas Gruen

It seems intuitive that other things (which means total wealth) being equal, the more equally income is distributed, the more utility gets squeezed out of it. Of course at the limit there’s a tension between equality and efficiency – but then … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy | 1 Comment

Building our way around the deflationary threat

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Nicholas Gruen

Keynes. mercantilism and the Euro crisis Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, History, Politics - international | 18 Comments

Abbott is right just for once

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Ken Parish

Why doesn’t the Gillard Labor government swallow its pride and simply accept the Coalition’s latest compromise proposal on asylum seeker policy? (which is to enact legislation allowing asylum seekers to be sent for processing to any country that is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration and refugees, Politics - national | 46 Comments

Detecting trustworthiness

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Nicholas Gruen

The Modular Nature of Trustworthiness Detection By: Bonnefon, Jean-François (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) De Neys, Wim (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) Hopfensitz, Astrid (TSE) The capacity to trust wisely is a critical facilitator of success and prosperity, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, History | 3 Comments

Any good films on?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Nicholas Gruen

Regular Troppodillians will have observed occasional attempts by me to get something regular going on Troppo regarding films. None have come to anything.  Anyway, I’ve just completed a couple of deadlines and have a couple of free film passes obtained … Continue reading →

Posted in Blegs | 9 Comments