Category Archives: Social Policy

IMF Researchers on Inequality on Social Capital

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Nicholas Gruen

Growing Apart, Losing Trust? The Impact of Inequality on Social Capital There is a widespread perception that trust and social capital have declined in United States as well as other advanced economies, while income inequality has tended to increase. While … Continue reading →

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Markets, supply chains, brains and human services

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Nicholas Gruen

Below is an essay by me and Chris Vanstone (Chief Innovation Officer of The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) published in two parts by The Mandarin. Devoutly confessing that you do not know is better than prematurely claiming that you … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Economics and public policy, Information, Philosophy, Political theory, Social Policy | 9 Comments

Adverse Action Lawyer wanted in Frijters versus UQ case

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Paul Frijters

I am seeking a lawyer to run an Adverse Action case connected to the recent Fair Work Commission verdict that found systematic breaches of procedures and procedural fairness in the University of Queensland’s actions against me following my research on … Continue reading →

Posted in Blegs, Competitions, Cultural Critique, Economics and public policy, Ethics, Inequality, Journalism, Law, Life, Media, Personal, Race and indigenous, Science, Social Policy | 10 Comments

Techno crystal ball gazing

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Ken Parish

As some may have noticed, I’ve been musing of late about the likely future social and economic effects of the increasingly rapid and interconnected development of ICT, artificial intelligence and robotics. This article is a bit silly in some respects … Continue reading →

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Would sortition help against corruption?

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Paul Frijters

Political parties and institutions in Australia and the US are increasingly dominated by interest groups representing the few, leading to a large policy-induced increase in inequality in recent decades and a long raft of new policies favouring the few by … Continue reading →

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Social Value Capture: an idea whose time has come

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Nicholas Gruen

Following innovations in the UK and New Zealand, some of Australia’s more forward looking State governments are looking at two related innovations. The first is ‘social investment’ with social impact bonds leading the vanguard. Social impact bonds As Wikipedia tells us, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Innovation, Social Policy | 6 Comments