Mar 12 2007

Economists Are Ignorant of Balance

SMH: Balance? Don’t ask an economist, by their economy columnist Ross Gittins. It is an interesting read on the problem of capitalist system — most of the time we are working way too hard for the sake of the economics. Actually, not for the name of the collective economic growth, but just individual pursuit of [...]

Dec 5 2006

Ian Macfarlane in ABC Boyer Lectures 2006

Last year was Peter Jensen, this year RBA’s ex-boss Ian Macfarlane is on ABC Radio’s Boyer Lectures, on the topic of Searching for Stability. Very interesting talks, looking at Australia economy from after WW II to the recent years. A bit heavy for my engineer’s head, but it does give me some new perspective on [...]