Terence Kealey on the economics of scientific research
Terence Kealey is the Vice-Chancellor at Buckingham University and he will be in Sydney next week for the Mont Pelerin Conference. In 1996 he published...
Ron Barassi, Rhodes Scholar?
Contemplating recent nominations for the Prestigious Critical Rationalist Scholar award. Terence Kealey, Barry Smith, the late Sir Donald Bradman and Ronald Dale Barassi. The criteria...
Rules for revolution and the use of force
Extracting some arguments from the critique of Marxism in the second volume of The Open Society and its Enemies. This is concerned with the Marx/Engels doctrine...
Congratulations Toby Evans, whoever and wherever you are
Strange things happen when you check the links on your site. Proceeding from a nice statement of classical liberal principles to the Mont Pelerin Society...
Sol Encel 1925 – 2010
A late call on the passing of Sol Encel, a tireless writer and public intellectual, acknowledged as the father of Australian sociology. He died suddenly...
Sydney Uni book fair
Saturday 11 to Wed 15, 10 am to 5 in the Great Hall. My treasures: all in practically "as new" condition. Peter Medawar, Pluto's Republic...
Why was Fascism Unsuccessful in 1930s Australia?
This was the theme of a talk by Andrew Moore at the Blackheath History Forum yesterday. Blackheath is in the Blue Mountains out of Sydney and it...