Measuring waste
Nicholas Gruen recently did an opinion piece for the Australian Financial Review pointing out that Labor sold itself short, turning strengths into weaknesses. The main example he used was the BER, to which I’ll return shortly. I heard Brian Loughnane, [...]
Government responds to Gov 2.0 Report
The Rudd Government has responded to the Gov 2.0 Report it commissioned from a taskforce headed by Nicholas Gruen, who blogs at Club Troppo. I haven’t had a chance yet to have a look at the response, but Stilgherrian has, [...]
Crikey group subscription
If you’re interested in a subscription to Crikey at a discount price, go round and check out Nicholas Gruen’s post at Club Troppo.
Government 2.0 and politics 2.0
There’s been a fair bit of interesting reading about government 2.0 initiatives (the new ‘branding’ for what used to be called e-democracy or e-government) lately; probably prompted by a summit on the topic in Washington DC and the Australian government’s [...]
A People's Bank for Australia?
A number of economists, including the blogosphere’s own John Quiggin and Nicholas Gruen, today released a letter in Canberra calling for a new enquiry into the financial system. [See the hyperlinks for the text of the letter and commentary from [...]
Fiscal stimulus: Eight economists and a few politicians
Picking up on Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens’ remarks about “borrowing to invest” and not being afraid of a deficit if there are good policy outcomes to be had, eight prominent economists (including a couple of blogging ones) have written [...]
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