The virtues and risks of fiscal packages
There are currently three schools of thought on how best to address the current global crisis. One takes the view that it is all due...
Good-bye, Richard
Richard Hickox, 1948-2008 Another case of not appreciating something fully until you've lost it. I never met him, but spent many happy hours within metres...
Why oh why: Srange things governments do – edition # 724
This is a letter written by the ATO. Someone sent it to me. The letter is not addressed to me. I'm not joking or making...
Austrian economics in ten points
Peter Boettke has written a piece to introduce the main elements of Austrian economics in ten points. The Science of Economics Proposition 1: Only individuals...
Free riding on free riders will no longer be free
Free riding is the engine of productivity growth. People see something and copy it. Clothes, business methods, recipes. But there are also things that deliberately...
Deficits
A special question was inserted in the latest Newspoll. It found that 56% of voters would be concerned if the federal budget were to go...
Freedom’s just another word for … ?
When Hunter S. Thompson returned to Louisville in the early 1960s, he found a city proud of its progress on race relations. "Racial segregation has...