What to do with all that hot air?
Im feeling cranky today, so readers beware. A must-read article for all those interested in global warming and CO2 emissions is the recent paper in...
Buffett’s proposal to balance trade: The column
Well, this may not look like a picture of the trade balance, but it was certainly the nicest pickie that Google Images came up with...
Where are the Low-Cost Competitors in the Oil Industry
Steven Pearlstein has written an article in the WaPo [reg] arguing that the oil companies in the US require a nationalised competitor in order to...
Laughter the best medicine
From Colin Wicking I'm not sure what's happened to Colin Wicking's excellent Ned the Bear cartoon series. Maybe Ned's gone into hibernation for the dry...
Ideas on reforming academic journals.
What would you do with an academic economic journal if you were given control over it? What innovations would you enforce designed to make the...
A Russian Masterpiece
What if I go to Italy and my mother comes here looking for me? How will she find me? So asks Vanya, a six-year-old boy...
Mayor of Troppo Goes Troppo
Via the Tele: A FRIDGE, underwear and a Darth Vader voice distorter were some of the items bought by Darwin's lord mayor using stolen council...