Economic theory for thrillseekers
There are always more books to read than time to read them. But Paul Frijters' and Gigi Foster's An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups,...
Universities as Royal Courts
The journal 'Agenda', the policy journal of the College of Business and Economics at The Australian National University just released a piece of mine called...
Infrastructure: No longer a no-brainer
One of the popular economic memes of the 2000s has been that Australian needs more infrastructure. It has filled out many a think-tank report. In...
More than a good bloke
Don’t worry, I’m not after a date or anything. I won’t be stalking you round the hills of New England. It’s more the sort of...
Gillard pre and post
Like many, I was puzzled by the transformation in Gillard's public persona post-2010. The warmth, humour and sparkle she'd often displayed in parliament and elsewhere...
French fries don’t make people fat, says Frijters
For decades the gun lobby has told us that guns don't kill people. If only people would stop pointing them at themselves and each other,...