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How Shorism might win Australia’s federal election
Economics and public policy Education Employment Inequality Politics - national Social Policy

How Shorism might win Australia’s federal election

David Walker
April 5, 2022January 20, 2025
Looking at Australian politics right now, one thing stands out: the federal ALP has become a little Shorist. That seems like a good idea. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIVM5GbDVeM[/embed]...
The Chinese regime’s defeat in Ukraine
Politics - international

The Chinese regime’s defeat in Ukraine

David Walker
March 30, 2022May 11, 2022
[caption id="attachment_35986" align="alignleft" width="690"] A Russian tank, with its distinctive anti-missile cage, burns somewhere on the plains of Ukraine. Yes, it's a metaphor. Photo by...
Cultural Critique Economics and public policy Information IT and Internet Media regulation Society

Hidden Unpersuaders: How we mistook the digital giants for all-powerful manipulators

David Walker
January 4, 2022December 5, 2024
[caption id="attachment_35828" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The Hidden Persuaders, in the flesh[/caption] The twin threats of "hidden persuasion" and artificial intelligence have now convinced most of us...
Economics and public policy Uncategorized

The Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop’s fragile business case shows governments need an Evaluator-General

David Walker
November 24, 2021May 10, 2022
We have a broken process for evaluating costly government investments. The evolving plan for an underground railway through Melbourne's middle suburbs reminds us that we...
Economics and public policy Employment Social Policy

David Card won the 2021 Economics Nobel. Why should we fear minimum wage hikes?

David Walker
October 14, 2021May 3, 2023
[caption id="attachment_35574" align="alignleft" width="793"] David Card, 2021 Nobel winner (and nice guy to boot)[/caption] One of economics’ most famous papers – the 1994 minimum wage...
Economics and public policy

The strange origins of Melbourne’s $100bn Suburban Rail Loop

David Walker
August 15, 2021September 12, 2024
[caption id="attachment_35117" align="alignleft" width="1024"] Melbourne Suburban Rail Link preliminary route[/caption] I spent some time last year planning a piece for a commercial media client about...
Cracking the code: How to tell what News Corp really thinks about the price of links
Bullshit Business Economics and public policy Information Intellectual Property IT and Internet Media Politics - national regulation Web and Government 2.0

Cracking the code: How to tell what News Corp really thinks about the price of links

David Walker
February 21, 2021December 19, 2024
News Corp is telling us what Google should really pay for linking to its sites. It's telling us in code – HTML code. And the...

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