Monthly Archives: September 2012

Australian Art : In the suburbs, and below them

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Richard Tsukamasa Green

I don’t want to overstate the case here – there are many, many more spectacular sights in nature than the tide-turn at Styx Creek – but in my world this brings me a sense of joy every time I see … Continue reading →

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So who the bloody hell are we? (Would it get your attention if I told you this post was sort of about Lindsay Tanner?)

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Don Arthur

It was around four in morning when I pulled the car over to the side of the road and switched off the engine. I was a hundred or so kilometres out of Perth and when I killed the lights everything … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics - national | 6 Comments

On macro, the Financial Crisis, Global Warming, and Plato

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Paul Frijters

Jan Libich from Latrobe University is running a televised series on economics. He gets people into his TV studio to talk about some aspect of the economy and then puts it out there. Andrew Leigh, Andrew Hughes Hallett, and Eric … Continue reading →

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A title that ought to be cleverer than it is

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Don Arthur

This an opinion piece, my effort to entertain or provoke you while I make an important point. In this paragraph I should start making an argument for the Important Point but, I’m off to bad start. My title should have … Continue reading →

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Innovation, connectors and interfaces between parts of an emergent system

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Nicholas Gruen

You’re looking at two Segues ® converted by Marathon Targets in Sydney into a moving target for the training of our military.  The input segues cost a few thousand and after Marathon Targets have armour plated the moving parts, and built … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Innovation | 2 Comments

What do the moon landing and the Dubai Tower have in common?

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Paul Frijters

They are both amazing feats of human engineering? They both cost billions with little tangible benefit? They were both launched in a desert? Both mainly built by Western engineers? No, they are both good examples of status races. The moon … Continue reading →

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Lord Wellington on bureaucracy

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Nicholas Gruen

Gentlemen, Whilst marching from Portugal to a position which commands the approach to Madrid and the French forces, my officers have been diligently complying with your requests which have been sent by His Majesty’s ship from London to Lisbon and … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, History, Humour | 2 Comments