Taming the geese
One of the most widely accepted tenents of tax theory is that it is most efficient to tax immobile factors of production such as land....
Michael Jackson
I can't think of a single song of his that is a really big favourite of mine. But has there ever been any big star...
Supersonic flight
This plane is a very fast plane. It has flown from New York to London in 1 hour 54 minutes 56.4 seconds, which is more than...
The Affluenza Myth
Australia is in the midst of a flat-screen TV crisis, says Clive Hamilton. Driven by an insatiable desire for "stuff", we spend more time chasing...
Book versus film, part 2
I read Disgrace before seeing the film; thanks to that, once again, the film didn't have much impact in its own right. It was well...
The internet and news media
Troppo's Paul Frijters, too self-effacing to push his work on Troppo, has a new paper on the effect of the internet on quality news content....
Siegbert Tarrasch plays a great move
[caption id="attachment_8804" align="alignleft" width="417" caption="Like Fred Reinfeld says, White's next move is "one of the most beautiful ever played on the chess-board.""]Click diagram to see...