The long run benefits of Good Early Childhood Programs
This paper estimates the large array of long-run benefits of an influential early childhood program targeted to disadvantaged children and their families. It is evaluated...
Cold showers aren’t always invigorating
Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents by David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Pian Shu, Gary Pisano Manufacturing is the locus of...
The paradoxes of shareholder primacy and ‘short-termism’
In a recent speech "Who owns a company?", Andy Haldane has this to say: In the earlier period, dividends decreased as often as they increased. ...
Want to take you, want to make you but they tell me it’s a crime!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W0d9xMhZbo I wasn't a huge fan of George Michael, though I liked his songs, but I absolutely loved this one. So good to horse around on the...
Cliché led reform
Well I came to this passage and thought it was the first thing the World Economic Forum have said in a while that I agree...
Stop the youth detention royal commission now
Sky News' Matt Cunningham is unimpressed by the actions of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, in...
Tot ziens Australie!
It’s been a great 15 years in Australia for me and the family, so we will be leaving lots of friends and colleagues behind as...