Splendid isolation
Flicking through the channels two nights ago I came across the Eurovision song contest. That reminded me of what a mismatch Europe is for the UK.
economics
What is Abbott up to?
Raising the GST
In a sane world, Labor would also be contemplating the possibility of raising the GST.
Thoughts on Gonski and education reform.
With the Gonski reforms expected to be rolled out across Australia in the coming 5 years, it is handy to reflect on what actually are the basic challenges for school reform in Australia. A view of the underlying issues helps one to judge the likely outcomes of the current reforms and others one might think of.
Gone solar
The best place in the world to be a mother
It’s not Australia, although we came 10th. Finland, of course!
And, we are told, the scores of the top ten are closely clustered, so we are right up there.
The Budget: What's in it for...
Labor's 2013-14 Federal budget deserves a close look. First, an ALP video for the true believers: The Federal Budget in 3 minutes
Timothy Devinney on Overpaid Vice-Chancellors
In an excellent recent piece on his own website, Timothy Devinney looks at how the compensation of Australian Vice Chancellors compares to those of the UK and the US. He gave me permission to re-use his calculations.
Bubble trouble: not an easy money problem
The notion that “easy money” created asset booms is levelled (famously by Austrian school economists such as von Mises and Hayek) against the 1920s boom and by a range of commentators about the Great
MSE vs MOD
The UK may not be able to afford projected levels of spending on military equipment over the next decade, MPs are warning.