Inflation: where does the buck stop? Part 2
Many of the comments on my previous posting have been about the monetary effects of budgets. While not dismissing the significance of money supply, I...
Inflation: Where Does the Buck Stop?
On ABC Lateline yesterday evening (25/7/07), the Prime Minister sought to offload any blame for the ugly inflation figures in the June quarter (up 0.9%...
Andrew Bartlett’s Speech on the Migration Amendment in 2005
This is Andrew Bartlett's speech in the Senate upon the second reading of the Migration Amendment (Detention Arrangements) 2005 bill. The amendment itself is littered...
Missing Link (delayed, again)
Once again we're late with today's edition of Missing Link, but we do have a good excuse! Due to work pressures, Jason Soon is going...
Community service post
I couldn't help noticing this Reuters story at Fairfax Digital: BERLIN - A mysterious blonde has set pulses racing in Germany after walking into a...
Mr. Howard sizes up Dunga Gin
You may talk o' bat and ball An say Warneys great an all, An' pay omage to The Don just like yer mean it; But...
Stern versus Tol on climate change
the BBC website alerted me today to the linked paper by my ex - Free University colleague Richard Tol, who is still an environmental economist...