National rivalry and non-cooperation is a climate response killer
Last night, Prime Minister Morrison declared sovereign nations need to eschew an “unaccountable internationalist bureaucracy” and the world needs to avoid “negative globalism”. He went...
Nation building is a series of small, impactful steps – not a giant leap
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/07/high-speed-trains-to-nowhere-australias-long-running-rail-fail...
Air pollution and dieselgate
I have some interest in the health impacts of air pollution. My first economic consultancy project was an Economic Appraisal of Wood Smoke Control Measures...
Water and power in the Hunter Valley
The latest drought map shows that the catchment areas of the Hunter region’s dams such as Grahamstown Dam are suffering from drought (if not intense...
So now what?
The following were priorities on Friday: Low wage growth High and rising power prices Falling house prices Ongoing regional exodus Rising emissions Rising biodiversity loss...
It’s not EVs that get ya, it’s the efficiency standards
In 2015/2016, my team did a deep assessment on what uptake of EVs might do to oil demand. What we found was that efficiency standards...
The best scenario analysis explanation
Scenario analysis focuses on the areas of greatest uncertainty for an operation, systematically develops several plausible alternative future environments in which the operation might be...
What would an investor group for data privacy focus on?
In 2018, I co-authored a report on data privacy for the IRRC which showed some scary statistics for investors who think that the current state...
Growth, re-investment and taxation
Let's get down to brass tacks. I believe that economic growth in the modern economic is primarily the interaction between government, companies and speculators....
‘Stubborn Attachment’s by Tyler Cowen
I am a long time reader of Tyler Cowen’s Marginal Revolution blog. I started reading because of a smug view that ‘I had to read...