Category Archives: Bargains

The Great Covid Panic: now out!

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Paul Frijters

It’s here, the booklet I am sure you have all been waiting for. The one which Gigi Foster and Michael Baker slaved over for 10 months. It is also on Kindle. It is dedicated to all the victims of the … Continue reading →

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It’s Crikey time! But now it’s Crikey and Inkl time

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Nicholas Gruen

Troppodillians will know that I organise a discount Crikey subscription every year. But this year I’m also supporting Inkl, a new Australian start-up with great aspirations. In lengthy negotiations between our lawyers, comms division and strategists and theirs, we negotiated … Continue reading →

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The last man in Europe: waiting to be read in a bookstore near you!

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Nicholas Gruen

I’ve known Dennis Glover since we were both staffers in Parliament during the Hawke-Keating years (I was there in 1981, 83-4 and 1991-3 until just after the ‘sweetest victory of all’ in 1993 which with hindsight I wish John Hewson … Continue reading →

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Strategic plans and adjunct professorships

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Nicholas Gruen

Some time ago I was written to by an Australian University asking me to become an Adjunct Professor in Journalism. This is an honorary position so, (paradoxically) it’s not much of an honour! In any event, this is how the letter I … Continue reading →

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Free, freemium and cheap services to help run your office

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Nicholas Gruen

Lateral Economics has had occasion to compile a list of free, freemium and cheap services to help run your one person micro or several person small business. I post it here for your interest and because it may be useful to you. The latest … Continue reading →

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Political debate as culture wars: A TripAdvisor for the arts

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Nicholas Gruen

As I’ve argued elsewhere, most public debates on policy – and I suspect on pretty much everything else – tend to take place as culture wars. In a culture war the ‘sides’ are well defined – usually mapping pretty well … Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Architecture, Bargains, Economics and public policy, Innovation, IT and Internet, Journalism, Politics - national | 10 Comments

Bored with reinvention of the superficial kind?

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Nicholas Gruen

The earlier ad was removed from YouTube. It was even schlockier than the second one I’ve put up here, but until I can find the other one again, it will now have to do. So are we here at Troppo – not to … Continue reading →

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