Hoisted from Archives: ABC 2.0
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="464"] Not the ABC's logo, but a very nice looking image whatever it is![/caption] I think this is the first post on...
Teaching the Test
Last year I asked what broader social purpose is served by schools competing for position on NAPLAN league tables. I emphasised both the meaninglessnesss of the...
Brokers no more: arise ‘licensed advisors’
People who've read this blog for a few years may be familiar with my take on the regulation of mortgage brokers. I'm in favour of...
The solidarity of capital
From Mark Thoma's blog: David Frum and the Closing of the Conservative Mind, by Bruce Bartlett: As some readers of this blog may know, I...
As below, so above
One of the things I like about Journey to the West (one of the four great Chinese classics, but better known here as the basis...
Krugman – again
This column makes me think of the craziness of the South - which while building a slave based economy also built a terrorist society in...
Watching what goes on in China is a vital part of the global ‘big picture’
(Originally published in the business pages of the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald, 24th March 2010) When I first began writing about the global...