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Author Archives: Warwick Smith
Australia flying blind
By Warwick Smith Originally published at the Australian Independent Media Network In this article Warwick Smith reports why the decision by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to discontinue many programs including the Measures of Australia’s Progress due to budgetary demands, is … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, neo-classical economics, Political philosophy
Tagged ABS, AIM Network, Australia, gdp, government, MAP, wellbeing
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War crimes in Iraq
By Warwick Smith As the recent news from Iraq refocuses our attention on the basket case that we, the invaders, left behind, it’s an appropriate time to re-examine our decision to invade in 2003. In any kind of objective examination … Continue reading
Posted in war crimes
Tagged Iraq, politics, state violence, war of aggression, weapons of mass destruction
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Tony Abbot the conservationist
By Warwick Smith Despite once infamously stating that the science behind human induced climate change was “absolute crap”, Tony Abbott has since publicly accepted that climate change really is happening and that he wants to do something about it. Last … Continue reading
‘Venditio’ by John Locke
This hard to find short essay by John Locke is very surprising in its brief yet sophisticated thinking with respect to market prices and morality. I put it here mostly as a reference for others who may struggle to find … Continue reading
Posted in Economic theory, Political philosophy
Tagged ethics, John Locke, market economics
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My article in today’s Guardian – The United States of Australia?
Are we witnessing the emergence of the United States of Australia? Australia can have its cake and eat it too, because a healthy and materially secure population will repay enormous economic dividends. Instead, we’re going further down the US pathin … Continue reading
Budget vision
By Warwick Smith No other event equals the release of a federal budget for a clear statement of what the government really intends for the country. Almost everything else they do is smoke and mirrors. The budget tells us who … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Economic theory, Inequality, political economy
Tagged budget, Economic policy, inequality, politics
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Great article by Tim Thornton in today’s Age on the problems with economics education
I couldn’t agree more with what Tim writes here. Having a background in science when I studied undergraduate economics at the University of Melbourne I was shocked by the uncritical adherence to flawed assumptions that was taught to undergraduates and … Continue reading
My Op-ed on productivity in today’s Canberra Times
Longer hours means lower productivity for the public service Originally published in The Canberra Times Date: May 6, 2014 Warwick Smith Job security in the public service is declining and conditions are under assault. Recently we’ve heard the federal government … Continue reading
Resource rent tax – radio interview
I recently appeared on “On the money” on 2ser in Sydney (and other stations around the country through the community radio network). I was explaining what a resource rent tax was and how it worked. As usual with this topic, … Continue reading
Op-ed in The Age: Treasurer’s agenda running out of truth
This article originally appeared in The Age. Treasurer’s agenda running out of truth by Warwick Smith Joe Hockey has been talking non-stop about how the country is running out of money for Medicare, for the ABC, for welfare and for … Continue reading
Reconstructing Economics 