The Government’s proposed new R&D Tax Credit
Herewith my column for Today's Fin on the Government's proposed new R&D Tax Credit. The paper on which it is based is on the Lateral...
The candidates matches
The Candidates is on! The Candidates is a tournament of the highest ranking chess players in the world (other than the world champion) and the...
Is the Melbourne Mistake copied in Perth?
A long time ago in a galaxy far away (i.e. 2007), the University of Melbourne introduced 'The Melbourne Model' in which students were supposed to...
Enemy aliens in WWI: pictures at the Museum of Sydney
I went to Harkaway State School in the foothills of the Dandenongs in Victoria. It was settled by Germans and apparently in WWI they rang...
Me and Wen Jiabao
Well blow me down! In early 2009 I was invited to Beijing to participate in a 'dialogue' on 'the knowledge society' which was being run...
Did the markets predict the Bin Laden capture?
No: the betting markets at Intrade showed a steady downward movement in the 'probability that Bin Laden would be captured or neutralised before midnight June...