If lefties want to talk capitalism in the 21st century, can they at least get an honest, fresh critique?
First there was the book, now there is the “documentary” film version of French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capitalism in the…
Advice for the South Australian Liberal leader
Dear Steven, I used to have a boat next to yours at the yacht club and we spoke occasionally. Never…
Black gold
Last Wednesday, attentive readers may recall, Prime Minister Turnbull gave a Press Club presentation designed to re-start his government. It…
What went wrong with The Economist?
I first encountered The Economist magazine as an undergraduate at the London School of Economics in the early 1960s. Richard Lipsey…
South Australia: political geography and globalisation
In 1996 I published Globalising Australian Capitalism. The book generally gave a favourable account of the then bipartisan policy response…
South Australia: two turning points for the economy
The Mike Rann Labor government was formed in South Australia in 2002 and thereafter enjoyed a decent decade. It then…
The you-beaut NDIS
Let me start this by saying that I have a disability parking sticker from the government in recognition of my…
South Australia: why it’s in this state
The SA economy is stagnating or even declining. The Labor government has been in power since 2002, now led by…
SA: new boundaries favour the Liberals, old betting the ALP
Earlier this month new electoral boundaries were announced for South Australia. The Liberals got excited and called for nominations and…
Why the lights went out on SA Labor
This week the SA Labor Premier, Jay Weatherill, took the lead in the national energy debate, suggesting the creation of an inter-state emissions…
What’s gone wrong in South Australia?
What’s gone wrong in South Australia? For much of the population, not very much, really. Most services are quite good, infrastructure development has…
