The No Clean Feed campaign has exploded on Twitter, received extensive coverage on the tech blogs, several independent campaign sites, and has spawned its own “Glenn Beck” style domain registry controversy.
Unfortunately, much of the commentary, especially from “Pirate Party” officials, is shrill and near-hysterical in its pitch. Simply put, the majority of Australians, even if [...]
Tag Archives: Economics
The economics of climate change
The economics of climate change, like the science of climate change, is becoming clearer.
The scientific evidence is saying that unless we rapidly and significantly reduce our carbon emissions, we face a climate catastrophe.
The economic evidence is also showing that the cost of inaction will far out-weigh the economic costs of action, and more than that: [...]
Was Work Choices a Roadblock to Productivity?
A critical assessment of the Work Choices laws in addressing its stated aims and objectives
The 2005 legislation, Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act represented one of the most fundamental shifts in industrial relations laws and Commonwealth-State relations since Federation. With the principle aim of Work Choices to “unleash a new burst of productivity growthâ€, John [...]
Labor must assert its economic credentials
The recent spate of reporting of polls demonstrates that Labor must continue to assert its strong nation building narrative and economic credentials.
Labor and Kevin Rudd correctly judged the public’s mood by decrying the excesses of extreme capitalism and neoliberalism, and forging a renewed social-democratic path.
Despite the baying of the press gallery and conservative columnists and [...]
Willful ignorance or straw man
Alex Robson from Concept Economics has not bothered to read the Australia Institute paper into the CPRS emissions floor (pdf link). Amazingly, his uninformed and un-researched tirade against environmentalists was published in The Australian today.
Mr Robson writes:
Clearly, if the number of permits in circulation could never fall, then the Australia Institute view would be correct: [...]
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Alexander White: It's true - I think a lot of people give up bl...
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