The Climate Emperor has no clothes …
But maybe it doesn't matter ... Hardly anyone seemed to notice at last weekend’s G20 meeting in Brisbane that the Climate Emperor had no clothes....
Shock! Good government improves wellbeing
Actually the magnitude of the effect is a bit of an eye-opener. Empirical Linkages between Good Government and National Well-being by John F. Helliwell, Haifang...
D’oh
http://youtu.be/vmHPUtHlIXU Funny how, even though you've developed the mental skill and discipline to be the World Chess Champion, you can make a simple mistake. But...
The leaners in the public sector
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="668"] Exploiting the natural experiment of the unification of East and West Germany, researchers found that the past absenteeism of those applying...
Beware DIY wills
The legal misadventures of some colourful Darwin characters in A Territory Testamentary Tale at Parish McCulloch website.
Neutralising NIMBYs
The NIMBY Brigade is a blight on urban civil society. These people have never seen a new development that they don't oppose, unless it's a...
The economic costs of pollution
Gray Matters: Fetal Pollution Exposure and Human Capital Formation by Prashant Bharadwaj, Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew Gibson, Christopher A. Neilson Abstract: This paper examines the impact...