by Stewart Prins | Apr 2, 2005 | Papers
Unlocking Tasmania’s economic renaissance Tasmania has undergone an undeniable economic transformation over the past six years. The state has its lowest unemployment rate in 23 years, the population is steadily increasing (after declining during the 90s), real...
by Sol Encel | Apr 2, 2005 | Papers
Where to now? This essay is prompted by my experience as a member of two committees of inquiry into the electoral prospects of the Labor Party, and the underlying factors which account for its series of defeats between 1975 and 1983, and again since 1996. As we all...
by John Mathews, Elizabeth Thurbon, Linda Weiss | Apr 2, 2005 | Papers
Opening remarks by Linda Weiss On behalf of my co-authors, I would like to thank the Evatt Foundation and its President for putting the trade deal on the programme and giving us the opportunity to discuss it with you tonight; and our thanks must go especially to Bruce...
by George Scialabba | Apr 2, 2005 | Papers
Required: too much courageIf a hall of fame were established for contemporary book reviewers – well, why not? There’s one for ad executives, poker players, and probably porn stars – Christopher Hitchens would very likely be its second inductee....
by Anne Summers | Feb 25, 2005 | Papers
The end of equalityI have called this paper “Where have all the Women Gone”. I hope you will both recognize – and forgive – the blatant allusion to a 1960s hit song. It was a sappy song but its sentiments were worthy. These days we have plenty...
by Peter Griffiths | Feb 1, 2005 | Papers
One person, one economist, can get a government to change its policy. I have done it. Often. It is what I do for a living. My book, The Economist’s Tale (Zed Books) shows one case where I did it. This time, I stopped a famine.The White Man’s Graveyard,...
