The U.S. welfare system is very generous (but not to poor people)
According to Will Wilkinson, "the U.S. welfare system is very generous". And compared to the welfare states of most African countries, that's obviously true. But...
Is the KPMG-report on the resource super-profit tax reasonable?
Last week, the Minerals Council Australia (MCA) came up with a KPMG report (download here) that suggested that the newly introduced Resource Super-Profit Tax (RSPT)...