Nice CC-BY images for Christmas Bleg
I'm dreadful at Christmas Cards. I don't think much of signing hundreds and having them sent off by a secretary, so if I do write...
Web 2.0 and the public service: the column
[caption id="attachment_34760" align="alignright" width="415"] Julie Hempenstall from Bendigo[/caption] Here's today's column in the SMH which was slightly edited back from the original. Who is Julie...
Samuelson’s Progress 1948 – 1995
This is a survey of the treatment of selected themes in the famous textbook from the first edition in 1948 to the last in 1995....
Good work, George Monbiot
Jumping the shark Untill Tuesday night Ian Plimer was the respectable face of climate scepticism in Australia. Plimer looks the part of the distinguished professor,...
What use is utility?
"The concept of utility in economics refers to the pleasure, or relief of pain, associated with the consumption of goods and services" writes economist John...
Paul Samuelson 1915-2009
How will Paul Samuelson be remembered? This is the positive side of the story, the glowing record of the Nobel Laureate and author of the...
What is utility?
It seemed like a simple enough question. What do economists mean by 'utility'? But after scouring the literature I'm more confused than when I began....