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Monday, January 30, 2012

Why not adopt NZ’s no-fault national insurance

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New Zealand is a beautiful country with great people and a relaxed attitude. One factor that supports a relaxed attitude is New Zealand’s...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Living away from the tax man

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This post originally published at MacroBusiness The Commonwealth Treasury released a  consultation paper  last month on propose reform...
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Monday, December 12, 2011

BRICs can't hold the wall

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This post first appeared at  Macrobusiness Not a day goes by when some economic commentator notes the ‘ decoupling’  of economic growt...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Economics of piracy

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This post first appeared at Macrobusiness Public debate over Internet piracy is riddled with contradictions and fingerprints of ve...
Saturday, November 26, 2011

QLD CSG - the race for first gas

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*I am now posting a daily column at Macrobusiness under the alias Rumplestatskin. This post first appeared at Macrobusiness on 18 Nov 2011....
Monday, October 10, 2011

US observations

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Two observations today.  The first is the graph below showing the median houshold income in the US since 2000 (ht. Felix Salmon ).  Suprisin...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Media watch – cosleeping report

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Within 24 hours of the Victorian Coroner’s Prevention Unit releasing a background report into infant deaths from co-sleeping (parents sh...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The creative destruction of retail

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The  great Australian retail adjustment  is happening now at a store near you. Myer Managing Director Bernie Brookes recently announced t...
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Monday, September 19, 2011

How the CPI hid the housing bubble

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Recent discussions about the CPI have brushed over a key change that occurred in the construction of the index in 1998. In its 13th Series ...
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