Monthly Archives: May 2013

Just Another (Almost) Routine Mental Health Crisis

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Paul Bamford (aka Gummo T)

Prelude: Lento It’s after midnight and the other members of the household are either asleep or pursuing their own consolations in the silence of their own rooms. So, much as I might desire the consolation of recorded orchestral music played … Continue reading →

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King Kong

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Nicholas Gruen

I saw a preview tonight. Incredible, fabulous stuff. Go if you can.

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The Humbug Martyrdom of Andrew Bolt II

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Paul Bamford (aka Gummo T)

Interlude: Ruminations on ‘the costs of speech’, monkeys and Dexter In The 2013 PEN Free Voices lecture, reproduced on the ABC’s Religion and Ethics web site, Waleed Aly makes the following observations on Freedom of Speech: … let us grind this … Continue reading →

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The rise in Mental Health Problems: a puzzle

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Paul Frijters

Here’s a true modern puzzle for you: why is the rate of mental health problems, including depression, anxiety, and obesity, increasing in the US, Australia, urban China, and most Western countries? Which mental health problems again? Depression, anxiety, and obesity … Continue reading →

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Envy Attack!

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Paul Bamford (aka Gummo T)

Simply Delightful: Conservative billionaire Gina Rinehart called for the sterilization of the poor today, arguing that the only way to alleviate poverty is to stop the “underclasses” from multiplying. In a video uploaded to her official YouTube account, the Australian … Continue reading →

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What to ask the PM?

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Nicholas Gruen

Stepping out in her new role for the Guardian, Katharine Murphy contacted me and asked me for an economic question to put to the PM. It was nice of her to ask, and I thought it a worthy challenge, but couldn’t really … Continue reading →

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Sam Roggeveen on Martin Wolf on climate change: how depressed should we be, and what can be done – Part One

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Nicholas Gruen

Cross posted from the Lowy Interpreter Blog.* I was contemplating writing a post on Martin Wolf’s latest Jeremiad on climate change when Sam Roggeveen sent me a link to his own post asking for my response to his musings on the same subject. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy | 7 Comments