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Author Archives: Warwick Smith
Monopoly rents. An interesting piece by Paul Krugman
I’m not really into uncritically re-posting work by others but I think this one deserves to be an exception (partly because I haven’t got time to really write about it). Krugman highlights something I’ve been thinking about a fair bit … Continue reading
Is there a baby in the neoclassical economics bath water?
The World Economics Association is currently holding an online conference: The economics curriculum: towards a radical reformation. I think it’s a great subject that sorely needs some serious discussion. I’ve written in the comments section on one of the papers … Continue reading
Women’s superannuation
Mark Bouris recently wrote a column for the Age and Sydney Morning Herald about women and superannuation. It’s a very important topic and credit to Mark for opening a public conversation about it. The column outlined the problem (which is … Continue reading
State of the left
Just read an article in Overland by Nina Power about the state of the left in modern politics. She claims that the left has lost it’s way and is losing the battle against the right with all manner of social … Continue reading
Free market economics and fake moon landings
Yet another paper has emerged showing a strong correlation between belief in free market ideology and climate change denial (1). The article, NASA faked the moon landing—therefore, climate science is a hoax finds a very strong negative relationship between degree … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“ ‘It has always seemed to me,’ said Doc, ‘The things we admire in men – kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling – are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest – sharpness, … Continue reading
Reconstructing Economics 