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Commentary on Australian and world events from a socialist and democratic viewpoint
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Chalmers is more in touch with the economy than the RBA
https://johnquiggin.com/2024/09/04/chalmers-is-more-in-touch-with-the-economy-than-the-rba/
Published: September 4, 2024 04:16
In today’s AFR. It’s paywalled and I don’t have access (I’ve been promised a PDF) so here’s what I submitted, which may not be final. Six months ago, Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers was planning legislation to remove his own power (never used, but always…
Academic nepo babies
https://johnquiggin.com/2024/09/02/academic-nepo-babies/
Published: September 1, 2024 22:20
This study showing that US academic faculty members are 25 times more likely than Americans in general to have a parent with a PhD or Masters degree has attracted a lot of attention, and comments suggesting that this is unusual and unsatisfactory. But is…
Australians should be angry about Coles’ latest billion-dollar profit. But don’t blame the cost of living
Published: September 1, 2024 19:04
The latest massive $1.1bn profit reported by Coles will doubtless produce a new round of hand-wringing about the “cost of living”. Governments will produce initiatives aimed at capping or reducing prices. Pundits will use a variety of measures to argue as…
Monday Message Board
https://johnquiggin.com/2024/09/02/monday-message-board-656/
Published: September 1, 2024 19:01
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. I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the…
Gina Rinehart’s latest grab-bag of opinions is more proof billionaires are no smarter than the rest of us
Published: August 26, 2024 06:06
The mining magnate does away with the constraints of arithmetic, simultaneously demanding lower taxes more public spending and lower deficits From The Guardian A striking feature of the age of billionaires in which we now live is that billionaires are more…
Monday Message Board
https://johnquiggin.com/2024/08/26/monday-message-board-655/
Published: August 25, 2024 21:49
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. I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the…
Monday Message Board
https://johnquiggin.com/2024/08/19/monday-message-board-654/
Published: August 19, 2024 08:02
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. I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the…
Monday Message Board
https://johnquiggin.com/2024/08/12/monday-message-board-653/
Published: August 12, 2024 00:09
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. I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the…
The not-so-strange shortage of conservative professors
https://johnquiggin.com/2024/08/08/the-not-so-strange-shortage-of-conservative-professors/
Published: August 8, 2024 00:25
I have a letter in The Chronicle of Higher Education responding to Steven Teles’ call for more conservative college professors. It’s a shortened version of a longer piece I wrote, which I’m posting here. The fact that conservatives are thin in the…
The Chairman’s Lounge view of the airline industry
https://johnquiggin.com/2024/08/03/the-chairmans-lounge-view-of-the-airline-industry/
Published: August 3, 2024 05:12
An edited version of this ran in The Guardian under the headline “Why aren’t the likes of Rex and Bonza flying high in Australian skies? Ask the politicians”. Here’s my original, a bit more sharply worded. Politicians fly a lot, and mostly enjoy it. So do…