Traffichawk
A triffic little service, allowing you to have a peek in 'real time' as we say, at the state of Sydney traffic. Click on one...
Adam Smith 2.0: Emergent Public Goods, Intellectual Property and the Rhetoric of Remix
I put quite a bit of effort into my two pieces on Adam Smith in Ross Gittins' column while he was on leave and got...
‘Well, you’ve got me there!’
The speakers were taking questions, and a member of the audience asked whether mandatory superannuation contributions had helped to insulate Australia from the GFC, by...
How much downside might there be in real estate?
Steve Keen recently produced an interesting (and sobering) look at the Australian real estate market entitled "Lies, Damned Lies and Housing Statistics". In it, he takes issue...
Netherlands forced to close jails for inadequate prisoners
With John Quiggin proposing bets on the respective labour market performance of the US and Europe counting prison populations, the Dutch are closing jails for...