I can do that!
In case you haven't seen it. And, to remind you of this blog's 'centrist' roots, remember as you're watching, it was Paul Keating who first...
From here to fraternity
My brother and I both tried quite hard not to be economists. And we both failed fairly miserably. He's been busy producing some interesting graphs...
Will no-one rid me of these evil moneylenders: Part One
Not only is life tough but you try finding a parking spot in a busy shopping centre. Whenever I do I can usually find some...
Weekend Quiz
Who said this? Though it sounds paradoxical to say that . . . to prevent ourselves from making the wrong decision we must deliberately reduce...
Hairspray!
I've just been to see Hairspray - a cinematic version of a Broadway Smash - well I don't know if it was a box office...
Information, supervising the financial markets and the sub-prime crisis
For a fair while I've been interested in things like who appoints and pays for auditors of public companies and whether we've got it right...
The case for free trade, how and why economists overdo it: Part One
I'm generally in favour of free trade. So are quite a few economists who have reputations for being against it - even though they are...