Jacques Barzun approaches 101 not out
Jacques Barzun is arguably the leading commentator on education and cultural studies in the 20th century but he has a low profile since his kind...
John Clarke on LNL
Comedian laureate of our bullshit drenched age, John Clarke is on LNL tonight. I love John Clarke and, on consulting others in charge of this...
Lessons to be learned
From today's Fin. Several causes of the financial troubles in the United States - including the non-recourse nature of housing loans - were known to...
Deposit Insurance: dealing with the wholesale ramifications
The original policy, as announced on 13 October, stated unambiguously that to ensure that taxpayers are not disadvantaged by this guarantee, the Australian Government will...
Leadership Masterclass
Have you noticed that 'masterclasses' have become one of the latest victims of linquistic inflation. I recently got this invitation out of the blue and...
Adam Smith on Science, Paul Krugman on intellectual charlatans: Speech to CSIRO science leaders
A few weeks ago, on the 30th of Sept to be precise, I gave a speech to 'science leaders' in CSIRO. Science leaders are early...