Skip to the content

Club Troppo

Economic, legal, political and social commentary

  • Pin Posts
  • About
  • Contact
  • Copyright
  • Media Links
  • Home
  • 2012
  • November
  • 2
Uncategorized

Lying politicians, part II: the limits to lies

Paul Frijters
November 2, 2012November 2, 2012
In part, I talked about how politicians were forced to lie to us because we the population are their bosses and we enjoy flattery. A...

Recent Comments

  • Nicholas Gruen on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • Chris Lloyd on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • Nicholas Gruen on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • John on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • Chris Lloyd on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • John on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • John on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • David Walker on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • Antonios Sarhanis on The US Election and the End of the Media Monoculture
  • David Walker on The US Election and the End of the Media Monoculture
  • John on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • Chris Lloyd on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • John on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • Chris Lloyd on Copilot stopped talking to me
  • John on Copilot stopped talking to me

Subscribe via Email

Get notified of new posts via email

Categories

Authors

Archives

Author login and feeds

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • Pin Posts
  • About
  • Contact
  • Copyright
  • Media Links

RSS John Quiggin

  • Monday Message Board November 25, 2024 John Quiggin
  • Trump’s dictatorship is a fait accompli November 19, 2024 John Quiggin
  • Armistice Day November 12, 2024 John Quiggin
  • The 35-hour week is overdue[1] November 10, 2024 John Quiggin
  • Monday Message Board November 10, 2024 John Quiggin

RSS Crooked Timber

  • The AI boom in electricity demand: a multiply recycled myth November 30, 2024 John Q
  • TikTok in Romania November 26, 2024 Kevin Munger
  • Can businesses flourish in a world with a cap on personal wealth? November 24, 2024 Ingrid Robeyns
  • Taiwan and Romania join a very special club November 24, 2024 Doug Muir
  • Sunday photoblogging: Handy Mini-Market November 24, 2024 Chris Bertram

RSS CoreEcon

  • Expert Selective School Tutoring Services in Melbourne for Academic Excellence May 1, 2024 admin3

RSS Bill Mitchell

  • Japan’s new proposed national strategy has to overcome the domination of imported neoliberalism – Part 1 November 28, 2024 bill
  • Australian inflation episode well and truly over – please tell the RBA to stop trying to push unemployment up further November 27, 2024 bill
  • COP29 another Cop Out by the world’s richest nations November 25, 2024 bill
  • A 78 per cent tax on fossil fuel companies in Australia is not required to fund a Just Transition away from carbon November 21, 2024 bill
  • Fugaku demonstrates the effectiveness of mask wearing and good ventilation in buildings November 20, 2024 bill

RSS The Conversion (G8 Unis)

  • ‘Everything is Country’: these 4 projects blend First Nations knowledge and science to rewrite our understanding of the past December 1, 2024
    First Nations cultural knowledge has much to share with archaeology, palaeontology and Earth sciences.
    Sally Hurst, Adjunct Fellow - Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University
  • Aussie drag, career vampires and a bloody game of hide and seek: what we’re watching in December December 1, 2024
    Our film and TV experts review a host of new streaming picks, including the final season of acclaimed mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows.
    Stuart Richards, Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
  • ‘Girl’ thrillers have been eclipsed by the antiheroines of sad-girl lit. But character-driven, nail-biting crime is here to stay December 1, 2024
    ‘Girl’ thrillers may be gone … but true psychological thrillers, with their twists tied to deep characterisation, endure. New novels by Paula Hawkins, Jacqueline Bublitz and Inga Simpson pass the test.
    Liz Evans, Adjunct Researcher, English and Writing, University of Tasmania
  • NZ’s gas shortage was not caused by the offshore exploration ban – but it was still a flawed policy December 1, 2024
    The Emissions Trading Scheme would have been a better tool to reshape the energy market and cut emissions than an outright ban – and most new exploration had largely dried up already.
    David Dempsey, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury
  • ‘I felt lost’: immigrant parents want more support to help their children go to uni December 1, 2024
    New research looks at a school in Sydney’s western suburbs, where high numbers of students come from immigrant families.
    Rayan Merkbawi, Lecturer, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney