“First, do not compare China to Asia 1997”. C Balding denies utility of capital controls for CHN::baldingsworld.com/2016/01/28/fol…
“We need…. substantial structural savings across the board, including transfer payments”, Treasury Secretary::theaustralian.com.au/national-affai…
The end of CHN support, administration of grains’ prices is a big deal (assuming it happens)::ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5…
This PIE TPP model projects +$15bn income for AU in 2030 (0.6% increment)::piie.com/publications/i…
Congratulations to @HenryErgas, AO::catallaxyfiles.com/2016/01/26/ari…
HenryErgas Menzies has messages on tax theaustralian.com.au/opinion/column…
Contradictions in US ME pol are not new, but NYT adds to impression from S Hersh (NYRB) that Obama is not in charge::nytimes.com/2016/01/24/wor…
@SamKSS Rudd is not yet even a candidate. It says volumes, rather, about J Bishop that she’d release a statement testing the waters.
Fabulous: Antwerp stock-exchange. More here (urbanghostsmedia.com/2013/02/hidden…)
twitter.com/abandonedpics/…
MalmstromEU At #WEF16, discussing w Minister @AndrewRobbMP the ongoing preparations for the EU-Australia free trade negotiations pic.twitter.com/vwrlodxkEL
Astute, disturbing reflections on the USA party caucuses: Elizabeth Drew (nybooks.com/daily/2016/01/…) and @HenryErgas (theaustralian.com.au/opinion/column…)
Gives new meaning to “snap, crackle….” um, the other thing. Hoorah!::twitter.com/BaldwinRE/stat…
“ICAC clears Sinodinos” Really?! The Commission now says he sanctioned commercial fraud, not official corruption::theaustralian.com.au/national-affai…
Vale Bob Carter. A diligent, courageous scientist, a fine writer & a gracious correspondent::tinyurl.com/jr8neqw tinyurl.com/jr8neqw
Dierdre McCloskey demolished nonsense such as this (fm Oxfam) in her review of Piketty (deirdremccloskey.org/docs/pdf/Piket…)::smh.com.au/business/the-e…
After the 1920s, @iccwbo gave up trying to secure the rational calendar reform int. business had sought for decades::theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the…
Masterly, as ever, H Ergas::”China’s woes, instead of being the source of our problems, are their grimmest mirror” theaustralian.com.au/opinion/column…
Alan Rickman a great comic; outstanding as Obidiah Slope in The Barchester Chronicles (youtube.com/watch?v=355Tus…) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barch…
“[JPN] did not succeed in creating a 21st century free trade agreement of which we can be proud.”::voxeu.org/article/evalua…
Still, publishers are conflicted & technology entrepreneurial. Are local ad-bloc proxies detectable? Might there be a contract solution?
Seems 2016 May see strong publisher backlash against ad-blockers. Denial of access to browsers with A-B enabled?::mondaynote.com/2015/12/21/201…
Oops! The link for the cited article on copyright “lock-up” is::web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdom…
“What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on 01/01/2016?” Most of these subsidies to big media also levied in AU (nla.gov.au/how-long-does-…)