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American Rust

Damian Jeffree
January 27, 2009
I sometimes like to try to get the feel of the prosperity of a US era from films and TV shows made at the time...
Economics and public policy Uncategorised

Should CityRail Depart IPART?

Damian Jeffree
January 5, 2009January 5, 2009
IPART is the independent economic regulator for NSW. It oversees regulation and conducts pricing reviews in industries such as electricity, gas, water,taxis and public transport....
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Economics – FAIL

Damian Jeffree
December 24, 2008December 24, 2008
Time for a bit of economic navel gazing. What does the global financial crisis mean for the state of economics in the early part of...
Economics and public policy

How to not drive over cliffs

Damian Jeffree
December 19, 2008
Henry Blodget was a Merrill Lynch tech analyst during the tech bubble. A bubble he rode to fame and then to a Spitzer investigation and...
Economics and public policy Politics - national

The Rise of Trickle-Up?

Damian Jeffree
December 16, 2008
The one thing most people now agree on is that this global financial crisis is exactly that, that it is a crisis. It is very...

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