Cute picture: could have been yours for 45K
I've never heard of EDwin Tanner, but he does a cute line in pictures if this is anything to go by. It went under the...
Privilege in Australia, Part III
In the first two parts, the readers and I looked at the long list of sectors in Australia where there is a privileged minority who,...
Matt Bruenig and the illusion of conservative unity
American blogger Matt Bruenig sparked an interesting debate recently with his claim that conservatives are better organised and less ideologically diverse than those on the...
Size matters
http://youtu.be/CrczSkNSQR4 http://youtu.be/vo3pY_jmn2w
Further observations and thoughts on India, Kolkata
As initially thought, the basic economic unit in Kolkata and West Bengal generally seems to be the family, not the individual. As a result, families...
Strange dichotomies: Economic ‘drivers’ edition
[caption id="attachment_33459" align="alignleft" width="646"] Why is this man trying to annoy Republicans?[/caption] Here's an extract from a recent article from the AFR which seems...
History matters: even in very deep and heavily traded markets
We analyze patterns of bilateral financial investment using data on US investors' holdings of foreign bonds. We document a "history effect" in which the pattern...