Weekly roundup Saturday 23 March

UNSW

It’s time to replace them

Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.

Economics

Even the IMF wants to see the economics textbooks re-written. Expect electricity prices to fall, provided we don’t go nuclear. The government finally realises that it’s wrong to keep asking young Australians to support well-off older Australians.

Politics

A fellow Queenslander exposes Dutton’s plan to Make Australia Afraid Again. When will the law’n’order mob admit that crime rates are falling?

Education

The reading wars. Trends on STEM. Reflections on private and single-sex schools. Sound advice from a former Liberal minister on closing the urban-bush education gap. How the American left is becoming more stupid.

Public ideas

All you need to know about economics in a short article, supported by an 11-minute video. Why are evangelical Christians attracted to political strongmen (Hint: it has nothing to do with the Sermon on the Mount). Introducing, or re-introducing, Jürgen Habermas.

Autumn

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