ricardian ambivalence

Awesome Q and A

Last night’s Q+A was awesome. It covers Qantas, the media, political engagement, and what constitutes a worthy life. It is

The Australian Government’s carbon tax just passed the senate. The accompanying Treasury modeling assumes that the rest of the world

R 2.14 has been released. This stack overflow thread has some helpful tips on updating.

Qantas’s decision to lock out its staff looks to have been a qualified success. The slow bleed industrial action will

On the economics of economics blogs … Apparently it lifts your readership and esteem among your peers. But i am

FT Harding writes that the Fed is arguing about adopting an explicit inflation target, and that resolution of this matter

What the RBA does with monetary policy soaks up a lot of my headspace, but for ordinary folks it really

Terry McCrann tips a 25bps cut for November, but says that is it. I doubt that. The RBA doesn’t fine

I thought RBA Deputy Gov Battellino’s speech today was aimed at taking the emphasis off tomorrow’s CPI report. Rick’s emphasis

Yesterday, I linked to a re-enactment of Sargent and Lucas’ After Keynesian Macroeconomics — here is the paper. Sargent and

The incomparable Falkenstein on some of the conceptual difficulties with typical AS/AD thinking. I still think macro is pretty useful,

Hilsenrath reports that the discussion inside the Fed has turned to QE3, but that this time MBS is back on