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Author Archives: Nicholas Gruen
Culture and language as public goods
Herewith a weekend half-hour read. Comments and corrections appreciated. A culture survives principally, I think, by the power of its institutions to bind and loose men in the conduct of their affairs with reasons that sink so deep into the … Continue reading
The Evaluator General
I recently sent a couple of emails explaining the Evaluator General and also did an extended interview explaining the ideas in the context of Matt Jones’ Public Policy class at Melbourne Uni. The first email below is the one I … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and public policy, Ethics, Isegoria
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Info-philanthropy: a small cost for a big benefit
As part of the Government 2.0 Taskforce in 2009 I coined the term ‘info-philanthropy’ though someone may have coined it before me and the Taskforce proposed that it qualify as a head of philanthropy. I don’t think any changes have been … Continue reading
The journalist as courtier: COVID19 edition
Well, certainly wearing a mask walking down the streets of Melbourne makes no sense at all Brendan Murphy, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, March 9. The philosopher Mary Midgley styles her own writing as that of a critic. She means something … Continue reading
Blogging the Spanish Flu
We’re constantly in team meetings here in the underground bunker at Club Troppo working out how to tweak the linkbait. An edict has already been passed down the line from the AI that runs the place that no posts will … Continue reading
May the farce be with you: legal edition
Well, well, well. The legal system has bungled its way to releasing a guilty man. Even if George Pell were not guilty of any acts of child molesting (as it was called during most of the time he was doing … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Critique, Law, Religion
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Troppo group subscription to Crikey: is this the last gasp?
From Twitter. Till now I’ve organisd a TROPPO GROUP CRIKEY SUBSCRIPTION for around 50 I advertised I was doing renewals on Twitter and Troppo a month ago and got about 1 or 2 takers Now someone else wants a renewal … Continue reading
Posted in Best From Elsewhere, Blegs
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