From Bad Loans to Bailout
The US financial crisis rolls on. On Wednesday night, President George W. Bush gave a…More
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It's Panic Time
"I’m standing outside Lehman Brothers headquarters on 7th Avenue and 50th Street in New York…More
Too Late to Be the Clever Country?
You would have to be living under a rock to have missed the Peter Costello…More
Goodbye, Murray Darling
The latest installment in Professor Ross Garnaut’s tortuous journey through the travails of climate change…More
The Myth of "Carbon Leakage"
In 2007, the ABC screened the British documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle, perhaps the…More
Useless Pack of Bankers
As any decent PR hack will tell you, if you want to get your brand…More
Population Games
Matthew Connelly is an historian at Columbia University whose new book, Fatal Misconception, looks at…More
The Art of Taxation
It was Jean-Baptiste Colbert who first uttered the immortal words, "The art of taxation consists…More
Energy Efficiency: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
The Australian climate change debate chugs on. While the Government meets hundreds of lobbyists arguing…More
Why Are Rents Going Through the Roof?
Last Thursday, Wayne Swan and Tanya Plibersek launched the National Rental Affordability Scheme. The $623…More