In bed with Polly Toynbee
While Blair's New Labour remains mired in the war in Iraq, Cameron's new-look Conservative Party declares war on poverty and makes peace with Guardian columnist...
Red tape and legal systems
A journalist from the AFR rang me today to ask me to comment on a recent report by the World Bank and PWC which is...
Quote of the week
To start of what may (or may not) be a semi-regular post (whatever happened to Dr Troppo?) here is my quote of the week -...
Idol and the drift to “karaoke”
Ahead of this weekend's announcement of the 2006 Australian Idol, today's Age Green Guide acknowledges the popular culture phenomenon. The paper then labels the show,...
D W Griffiths – pseudonymous poster coming to a blog near you
Just to let Troppodillians know, watch out for the maiden post of of D. W. Griffiths, a raging moderate currently working in the public policy...
AN ECONOMIC PARADOX ON INEQUALITY -Fred Argy
Comparing Australia with the rest of the developed world, we have a distribution of FINAL disposable incomes that is about average. Yet, measured the same...