Publications
Here you can find articles or essays which I have written and which have been published elsewhere
Higher inflation targets would not be a good idea
Economic Policies, Publications | 25th February 2010Article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 25th February 2010
There’s more to life – and sport – than Olympic Gold medals
Australian Society and Politics, Publications | 26th November 2009Article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 26th November 2009
Inappropriately low interest rates are as dangerous as inappropriately high ones
Economic Policies, Publications | 17th September 2009Article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 17th September 2009
Excerpt from Peter Hartcher ‘To the Bitter End’
Publications | 15th August 2009Peter Hartcher | To the Bitter End | 2009
Why Tasmania should have its own AFL team
Publications, Tasmania | 11th October 2008Op-ed article published in the Launceston Examiner newspaper, 11th October 2008
Philanthropy and the Arts
Publications, The Arts | 30th June 2007Article originally published in Island magazine in 2007
Globalization, Economic Policy and Democracy
Globalization, Publications | 3rd August 2001A review of ‘Elect the Ambassador! – Building Democracy in a Globalized World’ by Duncan Kerr MP, and ‘For the People: Reclaiming our Government – Labor Essays 2001’, by Dennis Glover and Glen Patmore. Published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 36, No. 3, August 2001
On the importance which Australians attach to sport
Australian Society and Politics, Publications | 18th March 2001In March 2001, I gave a talk to the Melbourne Media Club in which, as a final observation after talking at some length about a range of topical economic issues, and having been enjoined by the hosts to be ‘provocative’, I drew a link between the record low to which the Australian dollar was then […]
