Economics

From [RiotACT](http://the-riotact.com/?p=5200) I found this [web page calling for action on parking](http://www.faircanberraparking.org.au/index.htm): >The purpose of this website is to channel our frustration with the parking situation into change.…

As a Commonwealth Public Servant I'm lucky enough to be in the Public Service Superannuation defined benefit scheme. Back when I joined the Public Service this was a…

This website is now proudly carbon neutral. Except... I have to admit that I've got some real concerns about the way the current carbon offset thing is going,…

Dean Baker makes an [excellent point about a lot of rhetoric in free trade discussions](http://www.prospect.org/deanbaker/2007/01/what_is_wrong_with_trade_in_do.html): > It is positively bizarre how discussions of trade liberalization always ignore the…

I just finished reading a couple of books on the share market, in particular about the early 2000s frauds by Worldcom and Enron: [A Mathematician Plays the Stock…

Recently saw this post on [Boing Boing](http://www.boingboing.net) about virtual economics. Cory Doctorow's take on the inflation endemic to these games: > I think that this has profound implications…

1976 isn't just the year of my birth (epoch making an event that may be). It was also the year of a fairly interesting economic policy showdown in…

Search engine turned portal-omnivore Google has a reputation as being an ethical company. The informal corporate motto is "Don't Be Evil". But two stories today have made me…

So which special occasions do we (well, the US) spend the most money on? The National Retail Federation has the breakdown (via Snopes): Christmas ('winter holidays'): $438.6 billion. Back…

The PNG Department of Treasury has some positions vacant. From the list: Assistant Secretary(GEP) K31,289 plus other allowances Or about $16,000 Australian. I don't think I'll apply... (Of course,…