Paying for what we used to own: The strange case of CSL
That’s the headline for my latest piece in Independent Australia. Opening paras
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RCEP
For some reason, I’ve been asked to do an interview with a Korean radio station about the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, frequently described as “the world’s largest trade deal”, on the basis that the countries involved have a combined population of 2.2 billion, more than any previous deal.
Covid and the climate emergency
(Another extract from the climate chapter of my book-in-progress, Economic Consequences of the Pandemic)
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated a variety of social and economic trends, some beneficial and some harmful, that were already underway before 2020.
Monday Message Board
Back again with another Monday Message Board.
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Climate change after the pandemic
Even as the future of US democracy remains in the balance, and as the pandemic still rages, I’m still working on my book The Economic Consequences of the Pandemic. At this stage, it’s hard to get a clear idea of how things will look when and if the pandemic is brought under control. One thing that is certain is that the problem of climate change/global heating will not have gone away. Over the fold, the intro for the chapter I’m writing on this topic.
Monday Message Board
Back again with another Monday Message Board.
Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please. If you would like to receive my (hopefully) regular email news, please sign up using the following link
Why zero interest rates are here to stay
That’s the self-explanatory title of my latest piece in The Conversation. It’s wonkish, but important. As I’ve explained here and here, an economy with zero real interest rates works very differently from the kind we are used to.
For-profit services drive standards down
That’s the key point of my article in The Guardian this week. The intro focused on aged care and the headline picked that up, but the main points are general
Armistice Day
102 years ago today, the guns fell silent, marking the end of what was then (optimistically as it turned out) called The Great War or (even more optimistically) The War to End War. I’ve written many times about this disaster, but only once about the influenza pandemic that began in the last year of the war and ended up killing millions more people than died on the battlefields.
Elections open thread
Post your thoughts on recent and coming elections here. Civil discussion and no coarse language.
I may have something to say a bit later.