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Congratulations to our politicians: a wonderful achievement

Nicholas Gruen
May 15, 2013
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Timothy Devinney on Overpaid Vice-Chancellors

Paul Frijters
May 15, 2013May 15, 2013
In an excellent recent piece on his own website, Timothy Devinney looks at how the compensation of Australian Vice Chancellors compares to those of the...
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Consumption/GDP in China: Chart of the day

Nicholas Gruen
May 15, 2013
From the Bank of Canada's Financial Stability Review - Dec 2012.  
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Curiouser and curiouser

Nicholas Gruen
May 15, 2013May 15, 2013
Meanwhile political correctness idiocy proceeds apace. Here's an email I received today. Your expertise and experience . . . makes you ideally placed to inform...

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