Weekly roundup Saturday 9 August
Australia – land of libraries
Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
The productivity roundtable
The hard numbers: Productivity has slumped; we’re working harder, not smarter.
Tax reform: Company tax and individual tax are both on the agenda.
Industry policy: Irreverent thoughts on comparative advantage.
Other economics
Trump’s tariffs: Perhaps they will revive multilateralism in the rest of the world.
The cash economy: Cash transactions were secret. Can digital transactions be secret?
Closing the Gap: A sad set of results but there’s a new policy approachk.
Models: Their uses and abuses.
Politics
Sack the NACC: Start again with a proper anti-corruption commission.
Espionage: A “loose lips sink ships” speech by our top spook misses political and cultural issues about national security.r
Public ideas
The woke left: Does it exist outside the USA?
News for Gen Z: How Gen Z keeps itself informed.
Land of libraries
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