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Today’s National Accounts figures were not a huge surprise - except, of course, to many of the mainstream economic commentators, some of who...

Using the National Accounts to better estimate changes in well being ( PPT link ) – from the OECD Measuring Progress Agenda.   Aka - Why I...

In both parenting and the legal system one must carefully consider the role of punishment.  R ecently, the discussion surrounding imprison...

Plastic bag banning continues to gain momentum Well known demographer Bernard Salt had a stoush with Dick Smith in a little documentary a...

Smokers have been the target of Australia's latest  sin tax . Meanwhile, debate continues over using sin taxes to reduce consumption of...

As an Australian parent in 2010, the public versus private school debate is hard to avoid.  In a society where  private schooling is beco...

I met RBA board member Professor Warwick McKibbin yesterday.  Alas, his reserved academic demeanour was a successful deterrent to a gruellin...

The RBA Board decided to raise official interest rates by 25 basis points today against my, and many other economists, expectations. One wo...

The continued media hype around Australia’s economic stability and security can be partly attributed to the fact that, by official figures, ...

For a second, consider of all our major public thinkers today. They do the opposite, constantly telling how sure they are of their beliefs ...