Some recent papers of interest
Persistent Social Networks: Civil War Veterans who Fought Together Co-Locate in Later Life by Dora L. Costa, Matthew E. Kahn, Christopher Roudiez, Sven Wilson - #22397 (AG DAE...
Yes Minister: hilarious, truthful, too good to be true.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmOvEwtDycs] Here at Troppo we have referred to the 'Yes Minister series' many times because of its brilliant commentary on the timeless issues of...
A meaningless sentence
The following is a guest post by David Morris, Principal Lawyer of the Environmental Defenders Office (NT). The Northern Territory already carries a 1 billion dollar burden...
Rescuing empathy
Economics is famous for its idea - it's better to call it a methodological assumption of some economics - that self-interest is what drives people....
Power, understanding and knowledge
I'm wondering why the facts and ideas generated in the abstract below aren't higher up the order of proceedings in such things as teaching the economics of...
Elite tribalism and the new ruling class
Via this great column of Ross Douthat, I came upon this really fine essay on The New Ruling Class. On Googling the author it turned out she...
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf minority government?
Will the Coalition get to 76 seats? The ABC's Barry Cassidy 'can't see that happening'. But is the prospect of minority government really as horrific...