by Doug Cameron | Aug 7, 2012 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 11
The GFC, the mining industry & economic policyI come here with a healthy scepticism towards conventional, neo-classical or neo-liberal economics. I don’t have any faith in the idea that markets are somehow self-correcting or self-regulating. I have no faith...
by Frank Stillwell | Dec 1, 2011 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 10
1. Any government can choose to go into debt. It may do so as part of a strategy of offsetting short-term economic recession. Or it may incur debt to finance more long- term nation-building economic expansion. Debt is incurred when the government spends more...
by George Williams | Dec 1, 2011 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 10
The threat from terrorismIt is a pleasure to be here for a number of reasons. It is an honour to have been introduced by Bob Debus. The failure to replenish Labor’s State ranks with people of his calibre is, unfortunately, one of the reasons why the party has now...
by Chris White | Dec 1, 2011 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 10
Joe Burns has a stimulating analysis and conclusion in his new book Reviving the Strike: How Working People Can Regain Power and Transform America (Ig Publishing, 2011).Australia’s labour relations system differs historically and institutionally from that in the...
by Peter Karamoskos | Dec 1, 2011 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 10
… there is a linear dose-response relationship between exposure to ionizing radiation and the development of solid cancers in humans. It is unlikely that there is a threshold below which cancers are not induced.- National Academy of Science, BEIR VII report,...
by Peter Karamoskos | Dec 1, 2011 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers
What now for nuclear power & safety?To many, nuclear energy looks to be a relatively clean and logical choice in an era of increasing resource scarcity. Yet the record requires us to ask painful questions: have we correctly calculated its risks and costs? Are we...
