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Economics and drug markets
In recent weeks, police celebrated a number of drug busts. Methamphetamines in Perth, marijuana in South Australia. Referring, I think, to the methamphetamines bust, I heard one TV report state.. read more
We found $384 million to $726 million in asylum seeker policy savings the Commission of Audit missed.
The report released by the Commission of Audit (COA) last week reveals the unnecessarily high cost of asylum seeker policies in Australia. The report shows that offshore detention costs approximately $439,000 per.. read more
3 reasons why Bitcoin is an economic dud
A bet about the future of Bitcoin recently took place on the the podcast, Planet Money. The bet took place between Ben Horowitz, a venture capitalist backing Bitcoin ventures, and Felix.. read more
East-West Link Economics – Part 2
I’d like to begin this post with a short quote from an episode of the cartoon, Futurama: That 80s Guy: Gutsy question. You’re a shark. Sharks are winners and they don’t.. read more
East-West Link Economics – Part 1
According to an article in the Herald Sun (Plea to delay east-west link slammed, July 31 2013), The Victorian Government has said that delaying the signing of contracts for the.. read more
The economics of asylum seekers
Julian Burnside had a good opinion piece in The Age today about asylum seekers (“You’ve been misled on boat people: here are the facts“). Julian supports in-community processing of asylum.. read more
The many prices of carbon
In a pre-election manoeuvre designed most probably to diminish carbon pricing as an election issue, Prime Minster Rudd has announced details about the plan to move to floating price for.. read more
Don’t blame the tools, blame the zombies.
The Australia Institute ran a training day on economics for conservationists at the 60L building last week. I popped my head in afterwards because I was working just upstairs at.. read more
Barnett decades behind on economics
One of our goals here at Economists at Large is to call out bad economics. I just can’t let a short article by Andrew Burrell published in The Australian newspaper.. read more
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