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A simple idea for our ever more complicated bureaucracy
Once we figure out the actual cost of red tape, we can issue red tape certificates to government departments.
June 2010
Business Spectator
The great China tech rip-off
There is no doubt that China’s resilient economic growth has prevented the economic crisis from becoming an economic catastrophe for the world.
Sydney Morning Herald
Ken Henry should get a new career – as a pollie
Ken Henry has shown that he is no longer willing to confine himself to the role of a senior public servant.
Ideas@TheCentre
Migration lessons from the soccer pitch
The social result of migration could be counter-intuitive: it may very well strengthen Australian patriotism, not undermine it.
Business Spectator
Nothing can save Spain
There are growing concerns that the Iberians will be the next casualties of the economic crisis.The widening spread between Spanish securities and German bunds as well as the increasing costs …
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Book review: Soccernomics
Given the sad, unworldly image of economics (or ‘the dismal science,’ as it is often referred to), it is refreshing to see that there are still economists out there who have something worthwhile to say.
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Review: The New Vichy Syndrome
Dalrymple’s book is strangely self-contradictory.
Business Spectator
Germany may yet abandon Greece
If international markets or European politicians want to know the future of the euro, they better not ask Germany’s constitutional court.
The Australian
Get a kick out of these soccer figures
THE global financial crisis has shaken the belief that economics can tell us anything worthwhile about human nature.
Ideas@TheCentre
Eurovision diversity beats Euro fallacy
Once upon a time, a European traveller’s wallet used to be as colourful as the Eurovision Song Contest.