Google Reader Bleg
Does anyone else have the problem that their Google reader occasionally just loads up a little more than the Google reader logo and then, while...
See you later Tiger
I'm sitting in a queue waiting for a Tiger plane from Melbourne to Perth. There's a good chance you'll not get on the plane if...
Making a difference – not!
What is the probability your vote will make a difference? Andrew Gelman, Nate Silver, Aaron Edlin NBER Working Paper No. 15220 Issued in August 2009 NBER Program(s): LE...
Equality of Opportunity
It seems opportune to revisit my 2006 paper, Equal Opportunity in Australia: myths and reality1. I wrote this brief up-date for NewCritic (put out by...
Was Keynes really a conservative?
This question is posed by Bruce Bartlett in Economists View. The answer depends on how you define a conservative. Is it someone who believes in...
Monetising a touch of the tar
My family is staunchly lower class English on my dad's side (his mother emigrated from England as a lady's maid and then started a chicken...
In case you missed the master
Republican Death Trip By PAUL KRUGMAN I am in this race because I dont want to see us spend the next year re-fighting the Washington battles...