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- The Public Goods of the 21st Century by Nicholas Gruen 16/02/2019
- I Wish I'd Asked: Eileen Torney edition by Nicholas Gruen 09/02/2019
- What economic reform thinking might have looked like – if we’d bothered to do it by Nicholas Gruen 06/02/2019
- How Social Science could be taught. A vision for the future. by Paul Frijters 05/02/2019
- What is a 'policy hack'? by Nicholas Gruen 27/01/2019
- We're giving people Australia Day honours for doing their jobs by Nicholas Gruen 25/01/2019
- The logic of the inevitable (nuclear) apocalypse. Can the Gods save us? by Paul Frijters 22/01/2019
- Productivity Commission super report: Apply the Medicare approach to super by Nicholas Gruen 14/01/2019
- "SMSF regulation is appropriate" Productivity Commission SHOCK you won't believe!! by Nicholas Gruen 14/01/2019
- Why I'm not reading Steven Pinker's latest by Nicholas Gruen 13/01/2019
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Author Archives: Nicholas Gruen
Why I’m not reading Steven Pinker’s latest
I’m afraid this post won’t live up to the title above. It has its genesis in a long email I wrote someone who told me I just had to read Jeremy Lend’s critique of ‘Enlightenment Now’. I’ve mainly just topped and tailed … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Cultural Critique, Political theory
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To overcome commonsense, and at the same time, to be wrong
As Orwell put it “there are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.” At least in economics one of the things that sets up intellectuals for this is the way so much of their discipline seeks to get … Continue reading
What a description can say: by JOHN BURNHEIM
There are so many pitfalls here. Mathematics enables us to construct moving pictures of almost any possible state of affairs. But no picture can say that there is a real state of affairs corresponding to it in the real world. … Continue reading
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The Tragedy of the Commons versus the Comedy of the Parks: By JOHN BURNHEIM
In the context of my writing about public goods, John Burnheim sent me the email below. (Note his use of the word ‘comedy is intended as Dante meant it – as a story where things turn out in the end). … Continue reading
Some New Year’s nourishment from two people I admire
Well, Happy New Year all. Here’s a post introducing you to two people I admire. At least from the little I know of each, they lead lives that exemplify the virtues I believe in. They’re common virtues, lots of people have them – probably most people … Continue reading
Deck the halls of academe: Managerialism, product placement and The Conversation, featuring Troppo’s annual Christmas competition
I was checking out Peter Martin’s list of Seven really bright (policy) ideas for a forthcoming article currently titled “What is a policy hack?”(It’s a good article which I recommend). When I noticed something. All the links to the original sources are … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and public policy, Media
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Peter Shergold’s foreword to my submission to the Thodey Review
At a time like this, with two sleeps to go before Santa’s elves hack Alexa and get it to let Santa and his reindeer shapeshift their way through your aircon duct and into your living rooms, our minds turn to the simple things … Continue reading
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