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Neoliberalism’s child
The latest Productivity Commission report marks the end of an era
The hierarchy of excuses
I’ve lived through quite a few financial crises, some local to Australia, and others global. Invariably, the first failures are those of obvious shonks (Australianism?) who would probably have failed anyway. Then there are seemingly reputable institutions that turn out to have been shonky. Then there are institutions that played by the rules, but it turns out the rules weren’t good enough.
Sandpit
A new sandpit for long side discussions, conspiracy theories, idees fixes and so on.
To be clear, the sandpit is for regular commenters to pursue points that distract from regular discussion, including conspiracy-theoretic takes on the issues at hand. It’s not meant as a forum for visiting conspiracy theorists, or trolls posing as such.
$18 million a job?
The AUKUS subs plan will cost Australia way more than that
That’s the headline for my latest piece in The Conversation . Using defense procurement as a job creation policy is a really bad idea
Dominic Perrottet’s future fund …
… contains the seed of a good idea but his version is an inequitable mess
That’s the headline for my latest piece in the Guardian , over the fold
Red Alert’ is a paper tiger
That’s the headline for my latest piece in Independent Australia, responding to some appalling warmongering from the Nine papers. The main point is that a seaborne invasion of Taiwan would be doomed to failure. Everyone knows this, but all the important players have good reason to deny it.