June 2018 – Club Troppo

Cross-posted from John Menadue's Pearls and Irritations. The ABC has been an extraordinarily resilient organisation. It has withstood management and Board upheavals, survived remorseless budget...

Economics and public policy History Literature

Adam Smith and Jane Austen: Another take from John Burnheim

Nicholas Gruen

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018

[caption id="attachment_32229" align="alignright" width="327"] This person wrote a whole book on Jane Austen and Adam Smith without finding my essay on the same subject –...

Democracy Economics and public policy Education Ethics Sortition and citizens’ juries

Democracy and inequality

Nicholas Gruen

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWHgoT2LfnE&feature=youtu.be I was a little crestfallen when, after my public lecture on democracy and sortition at King's College London was filmed with a few to...

Economics and public policy

Deep Strategisation: the schlock of the new

Nicholas Gruen

June 27, 2018June 2, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNfGyIW7aHM Cross posted on The Mandarin. The OECD recently published this OECD report on inclusive growth. It’s certainly a Good Thing that the OECD regards alleviating inequality...

Economics and public policy History Science

A lucky boy from a golden age of economics

Nicholas Gruen

June 19, 2018September 5, 2024

When the financial crisis struck, it was back to the economics Max Corden learned in the 40s and 50s -- a golden age of economics...

Economics and public policy

The central bank payment system would survive any crisis: My letter to the FT

Nicholas Gruen

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018

[caption id="attachment_32201" align="alignleft" width="700"] The first time I've ever had something published with the graphic being a cockroach. And hopefully not the last. From the...

Economics and public policy Innovation Political theory

My letter to the Financial Times: All finance requires is an upgrade for the internet age

Nicholas Gruen

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018

All finance requires is an upgrade for the internet age From Nicholas Gruen, VIC, Australia Given the resounding “No” from the Swiss in the Vollgeld...