Why Do We Hate Paying Tax?
People hate taxes. This is actually just a special instance of a more general law,…More
Tagged: economics
How To Dodge Bullets
Over the past few weeks, the Reserve Bank has been taking on a new role.…More
Do Not Resuscitate
For many years it was my conscientious belief that the worst practitioners in the media…More
Rudd Attacks Neoliberalism With Nail Clippers
For many social democrats and the liberal Left — whose primary focus is on politics…More
What Was Malcolm Turnbull Thinking?
It must have been an extraordinary series of frontbench and party-room meetings that led to…More
The Hole In Our Budget Is THIS BIG
"The global financial crisis has smashed a $40 billion hole in the budget." Those were…More
Cutting Off Immigration to Spite Our Face
Brisbane’s Courier-Mail this week wrote of "mounting pressure" on the Federal Government to slash the…More
Uranium Won't Pay the Bills
Uranium mining is frequently presented as the only solution to a range of economic power…More
Your Days Are Numbered
In these heady days of singing breaststrokers and funky dead Scientologists, it can be all…More
The PJK Way
Six months after coming to power in the 1996 federal election, John Howard’s Coalition government…More