Flinders University’s flags are flying at half-mast in a tribute to the University’s founding visionary and first Vice-Chancellor, Professor Peter Karmel AC, CBE. Professor Karmel, who died in Canberra on December 30 at the age of 86, was a 39-year old professor of economics when he was put in c ...
I have been thinking recently about those spectacular frescoes in Sienna. Painted in 1340, they portray government, both good and bad. And I have found myself wondering if anything has really changed during the past 670 years. All around the world there is a great deal of dissatisfaction regardi ...
December 2008 marked the end of a long year, with some pretty testing conditions both behind us and more to come. More than ever, we need to think laterally and understand how new ideas can potentially get us out the trouble caused by old ideas. As well as the standard fiduciary practices, thinking ...
This paper considers how asymmetric tax treatment, where labour market earnings are taxed but household production is untaxed, affects educational choice and labour supply in a perfectly competitive labour market. ...