Yearly Archives: 2008
The difference between a recession and a depression
The Global Economy | 23rd November 2008An essay which began as an answer to a question put to me by my then boss, “what’s the difference between a recession and a depression”, during the darkest period of the Global Financial Crisis, and which was subsequently picked up by The Economist.
Why Tasmania should have its own AFL team
Publications, Tasmania | 11th October 2008Op-ed article published in the Launceston Examiner newspaper, 11th October 2008
New Fiscal Possibilities
Australian Society and Politics | 12th September 2008Talk to the Australia & New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Annual Conference 2008 – ‘Making Federalism Work’), 12th September 2008
Reserve Bank independence and all that
Economic Policies | 30th June 2008Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics’ Inquiry into the Reserve Bank Amendment (Enhanced Independence) Bill 2008
Education, Innovation and Australia’s Economic Future
Education | 14th April 2008Talk to the Australian College of Educators 2008 National Conference, Hobart, 14th April 2008