Category Archives: Race and indigenous

God defend New Zealand

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Nicholas Gruen

No folks, that is not a joke. Listening to it on occasion over the years, I’ve grown fond of the New Zealand National Anthem. The tune is classic national anthem. That is to say it manages to fuse both aspiration … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, History, Indigenous, Politics - national, Race and indigenous | 16 Comments

White Freedom: a review

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Nicholas Gruen

I have just finished reading Tyler Stovall‘s White Freedom and this post is to recommend it wholeheartedly. I first became aware of it on Marshall Poe’s excellent New Books Network via this podcast. A striking fact about the political thought … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Race and indigenous | 10 Comments

The Drew Pavlou case: business with China versus the American lobby

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Paul Frijters

In a week from now, UQ student leader Drew Pavlou will face an internal hearing at the University of Queensland to decide whether or not he will be expelled for having organised rallies against various pro-China organisations on campus and … Continue reading →

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Are drugs the Achilles heel of stagnant inequality?

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Paul Frijters

1 There is an uncanny analogy between China in the 19th century and the US this very moment: in both cases a large part of the general population could not be persuaded away from drugs by morality or prison. Opium … Continue reading →

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Do Black Politicians Matter?

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Nicholas Gruen

Do black politicians matter Abstract: This paper exploits the history of Reconstruction after the American Civil War to estimate the causal effect of politician race on public finance. I overcome the endogeneity between electoral preferences and black representation using the … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Economics and public policy, Race and indigenous | 1 Comment

Advance Australia Fair: ignore the other national histories on offer.

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Paul Frijters

National history is the story that binds ‘us who make up the nation’ into a single entity with a collective memory. It has a purpose and as such we can choose what historical events and realities to put into that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Death and taxes, Democracy, Ethics, Geeky Musings, History, Humour, Indigenous, Life, Politics - national, Race and indigenous, Social, Society | 36 Comments

Let’s have another World War!

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Paul Frijters

Sometimes, it feels like 1910 all over again. Then, a confident Germany was the up-and-coming industrial power house, fearing an even more up-and-coming Russia, with the UK and France desperately holding on to their colonial empires. Now, a confident China … Continue reading →

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