Weekly roundup Saturday 21 March
The next contest — South Australia
Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
Politics
South Australia’s election: Labor to win, but who comes second?
Working class consciousness for our times: A return to grass roots politics.
Robodebt’s long tail: It’s not just about individual cases of corruption; it’s about a corrupt culture.
What happens when governments are named and shamed?: Naming and shaming can work, particularly when the criticism comes from allies.
Economics
That interest rate rise: The RBA is too concerned with the CPI and too unconcerned with the drivers of price rises.
A Spender on tax reform: Restoring some neutrality between taxes on hard work and taxes on idle investment is Allegra's main message in her tax reform white paper.
Two perspectives on innovation: A government perspective and Andrew Leigh’s perspective.
Progress on the gender pay gap: It’s slowly closing, but it’s still wide in the finance sector.
Marvellous Melbourne: The dividend from public investment – in spite of its football addiction, everyone wants to live there.
From the Strait of Hormuz to Australia
Coping in a world of weaponized energy: Energy experts were warning about oil disruptions well before Trump thought about going to war with Iran.
Australians whinging at the bowser: Stop whinging – we still have some of the world’s cheapest gasoline and diesel.
Public ideas
Universities matter: Stop treating tertiary education as a private good:
Democracy’s health:: Gross indicators give Australia a good score on democracy, but we risk following the world in a slide to autocratization.
Vale Jürgen Habermas
If you have comments, corrections, or links to other relevant sources, I’d like to hear from you. Please send them to Ian McAuley — ian, at the domain name ianmcauley.com
