Welcome Ben Bernanke
My editor asked for a column on the changing of the guard from Alan Greenspan to Ben Bernanke. So that's what he got. (more…)
Tax churn. How bad is it?
Progressivity of transfers, around 2000: Ratio of benefits received by poorest quintile to benefits received by richest quintile, total population [photopress:Progressivity_of_Transfers.gif,full,pp_empty] There's a new crusade...
Dealing with joblessness and income inequality: has Australia taken the wrong turn?
All governments keep a sensitive eye on what is happening to inequality of incomes and inequality of opportunity because they want to be seen to...
Eating away at the equity premium – and what it could mean for the future
The papers have recently been reporting Macquarie Bank's hunger for assets most of which share certain characteristics. Macquarie is on a buying spree that has...
Some more nasty words about Thomas Friedman
Jason Soon linked to an hilarious attack on Thomas Friedman on Catallaxy some months ago, and my brother just sent me a link to an...
The household division of labour: Some other views
There are some interesting comments in response to the posting of my column on the household division of labour on online opinion.
Green all the way through
Greens risk being seen as 'watermelons' -- green on the outside but red on the inside -- says David McKnight. By attaching themselves to the...