Protectionists: I hate these guys
People you don’t like – they’re everywhere
Articles from Club Troppo
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Teen mothers and the success of their kids
Grandparents, Moms, or Dads? Why Children of Teen Mothers Do Worse in Life
by Anna Aizer, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes – #25165 (CH ED HE LS)
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The China-US cold war commences! Was Turnbull the first victim?
As I predicted a few months ago, the US security apparatus is going after China relentlessly, mainly in order to have something to do. As I predicted in 2012, Australia is firmly behind the US and the wider Western alliance that will eventually form a block against China.
Do Equal Employment Opportunity Statements Backfire? Evidence From A Natural Field Experiment On Job-Entry Decisions
The decline and fall of Australian economics
I reproduce here a fine review of what seems like a fine book. I’m not buying the book because of the outrageous price the academic publishers are charging.
The Royal Commission and the wages of complacency: Scandals as far as the eye can see
Cross posted from Inside Story
In 1943, back working where he’d been during the first world war, the now-famous economist John Maynard Keynes wrote to a friend: