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The limits of market incentives and the death of journalism

Richard Tsukamasa Green
October 28, 2010
Over at Mr Denmore I commented on this post, which referred to an Annabelle Crabbe speech in which the the celebrated leaking of the federal...
Economics and public policy IT and Internet Web and Government 2.0

Backscratching on Linked in – Craig Thomler and I lay it on with a trowel

Nicholas Gruen
October 27, 2010
A few people have sent me requests to recommend them on Linkedin but I've not really known what to say - recommend to whom? But...
Education

The Humanities – passed on or just pining for the fjords?

Ken Parish
October 27, 2010October 27, 2010
Prompted by University of Queensland's Graeme Turner,  Mark Bahnisch has a pair of posts over at Larvatus Prodeo asking rhetorically whether the Humanities at Australian...
Law Politics - national Politics - Northern Territory

An Indigenous woman speaks out

Ken Parish
October 26, 2010October 26, 2010
Bob Durnan is an old ALP colleague who has worked in Indigenous communities in central Australia for the best part of 30 years.  Like me,...
Economics and public policy

Keynesian economics dying?

Ken Parish
October 22, 2010
Unlike most of my fellow Troppo bloggers, my knowledge of economics could easily be encapsulated on the back of a small postcard.  Perhaps that's why this post by...
Law Politics - national

Resource tax botched?

Ken Parish
October 21, 2010October 21, 2010
The current impasse between large mining companies and the Gillard government over its proposed resource rent tax looks like yet another example of inept public...
Economics and public policy Education IT and Internet Web and Government 2.0

Mike Edson, (Smithsonian 2.0) at the Powerhouse Museum

Nicholas Gruen
October 21, 2010October 21, 2010
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