Sandpit
A new sandpit for long side discussions, conspiracy theories, idees fixes and so on.
A new sandpit for long side discussions, conspiracy theories, idees fixes and so on.
an economist who is good in theory but on the far left in practice
Michael Stutchbury, The Australian"I do not know how he is a professor, but anyway he purports to be an economist" Senator Richard Alston, ex-Minister for Communications
"One of the elder statesmen of the Oz blogosphere" - Age Media Blog
"More intelligent than Britney Spears"Jason Soon
"The great neo-classical iconoclast"Ross Gittins
"A green activist with a totalitarian mindset", editorial, The Australian
"would argue under a pile of wet statistics and produces more copy than Xerox". Stephen Matchett in the Australian
"the odd Quiggan (sic) is good mental exercise; all part of life's rich tapestry et al."Peter Jonson
"Wrong", "incorrect", "off the mark again" Institute for Public Affairs, Institute for Private Enterprise, Centre for Independent Studies etc.
"Never wrong"Tim Blair
"A compassionate exponent of the dismal science" Stewart Fist
"An indispensable weblog"Bear Left
"Quiggin strikes me as the stereotype of an Australian - joyful, hearty, and not particularly aware of his own strength."SomeCallMeTim
"Krugman of the Antipodes"Christopher Joye
" ... his chief delight was drinking cups of coffee at odd hours" Anthony Powell A Dance to the Music of Time
The Mid Year Economic Statement seemed to be full of some very doubtful assumptions. Cannot see how this justifies future tax cuts.
Given the success today of Trump’s money grab for the wealthy of the USA, it might be timely to tip a hat to this thread:
http://johnquiggin.com/2009/02/01/refuted-economic-doctrines-5-trickle-down/
It’s closed of course and so cannot be bumped, but there are many points worth reiterating to Australian conservatives who will no doubt now be egging on the LNP to engage in the same Robbem Good behaviour.
Guardian “journalist” Luke Harding has a new book asserting collusion between Trump and Russia – with no evidence of course.
Apparently it’s a New York Times best seller.
The MSM has been giving him softball interviews.
A REAL journalist grills him about the fact that he produces no evidence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ikf1uZli4g&app=desktop [28 minutes, well spent]
This video is going viral, probably because people are starved for anything that challenges the establishment narrative. In the last hour it has gone from about 63,000 views to about 65,000.
The “Russiagate” thing is massively blowing back on the Clintonists and their MSM accomplices.