ricardian ambivalence

The Washington Post article on Modern Monetary Theory is getting a bit of air play on blogs – even Mankiw

Rudd resigns – is he playing for time?

Australia’s Foreign Minister – and former Prime Minister – Kevin Rudd just announced that he was resigning his commission as

Bad information seems to drive out good information – and so it is that the recently fashionable howler that rising

The minutes from the RBA’s February meeting (unch at 4.25%) suggest that a cut was not seriously discussed at that

In my mind, the purpose of the economy is to put folks into work – folks who are employed live

Paul Howes has been howling about the RBA’s decision to leave their policy rate at 4.25% in February – saying

Speculation that the “Happy Little Vegemite” video was leaked by PM: A Labor insider said the video could only have

Martin Parkinson, Secretary of the Treasury, in this morning’s Fairfax article “You’ve never had it so good”: I am not

The Jan jobs report caught the market by surprise, with the unemployment rate falling ~14bps to 5.08% (mkt 5.3%). Given

Christie Romer makes all the right arguments against the special treatment of the manufacturing sector. This theme is one of

While the shadow governor’s term might have expired, the Herald Sun’s Terry McCrann does write a worthwhile wrap after the