May 2011 – ricardian ambivalence

Barnaby backs Gov Stevens

Barnaby gets a bad rap because he has views that are unpopular and doesn’t try very hard to hide them

Many of the (economic) objections to my argument that we ought to be cutting spending faster, and saving more of

the RBA has a 2.5% inflation target, and believes that there is no long run trade-off between inflation, unemployment and

My mate Chris Joye has been hosting an enjoyable debate on the budget on his excellent blog. Until now, it

Some (including new Treasury Sec Dr Parkinson) claim that we should not pull back on fiscal policy any harder lest

Getting a fix on the situation in retail has been difficult of late. The monthly (nominal) retail trade survey has

I’m getting a few comments about the decline of the manufacturing sector. I love this topic because it allows me

at least, not according to Treasury

A fair criticism of how I have framed my discussion of the budget is that the objective of fiscal policy

As seemed likely, Treasurer Swan is selling this as a inflation-busting budget. Well, I can’t blame him… that’s what do

The one that is getting me tonight is the idea that we can simultaneously take pressure off inflation and help

It’s budget day tomorrow, so we’re going to hear a lot of tosh. To help guide the way, I thought