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Not Happy Manning: Part One

Nicholas Gruen
March 24, 2007August 6, 2011
On the 24th August 1987 the last volume of Manning Clark's A History of Australia was launched by David Malouf. Peter Ryan was Clarkâs publisher...
Art and Architecture

Wish list

Nicholas Gruen
March 24, 2007
I think there is a tradition on blogs in which visitors are invited to click on links to Amazon books and if they buy a...
Economics and public policy Print media

Slanted Eye of the Beholder

Chris Lloyd
March 23, 2007March 23, 2007
Econometricians are often pretty smart at thinking up ways to measure things. I recently attended a seminar by Professor Matthew Gentzkow from University of Chicago...
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The ALPâs proposed investment of $4.7b in a high-speed network

Fred Argy
March 23, 2007March 23, 2007
This proposal is still ill-defined and it may be too early to make definite pronouncements on it but I thought I might chance my arm....
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The Australian Literary Review

Nicholas Gruen
March 22, 2007
From the 'where has Nicholas Gruen been?' department I just thought I'd mention, in the spirit of Missing Link, that I happened upon a stray...
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Liberalism: a luxury in this time of war?

Ingolf Eide
March 22, 2007January 1, 2008
If we are to credit her latest effort, Janet Albrechtsen believes Islamic terrorism is an enemy almost as deadly as the 20th-century totalitarians, if a...
Missing Link Uncategorised

Missing Link

Ken Parish
March 22, 2007March 22, 2007
Courtesy of Daily Flute  1. News and Politics Stuff 2. Life and Other Serious Stuff 3. The Yartz 4. Sportz 5. Mad, Bad, Sad and...

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