People & associates
Alan Moran
Wong right to put off our targets
Much to the chagrin of greenies, Penny Wong is delaying issuing Australia's emission reduction targets until after this month's Poznan meeting on...
Labor's choice an unfair work in progress
Introducing the new industrial relations package this week Julia Gillard had a tough job. The minister was aware that unions account for only 12...
Labor always unravels prosperity
Parlous developments in the NSW government's finances are a timely reminder of the familiar Australian cycle of change. In its mini-budget...
Tough times call for tough measures
THIS time last year, the Reserve Bank was forecasting growth a tad lower than the previous year's 4 per cent. It now sees growth in June 2009 at...
TPA’s perverse effect on investment
Letters by Michael Crouch (October 30), and Julian Tapp (October 31) argue that the Treasurer was justified in requiring BHP Billiton to share its...
Housing price pain a tale of many cities
Saturday morning is a prime time for Melbourne house auctions. Over the past few weeks fewer hands have responded to the auctioneers' calls. House...
Train driven through rights
Treasurer Wayne Swan has added his own voice in support of a High Court decision requiring BHP Billiton to provide rival iron ore miner Fortescue...
Depression logic pushes fast cash into the economy
Anna Schwartz co-wrote with Milton Friedman the signature piece of work on money and economic stability. Now 92 and still working, she recalls that...
Rudd's generosity will exacerbate crisis
Banking failures in New York and even pressures on some Australian banks all seem remote from our own day-to-day lives. Yet these massive economic...
Reprising the 1930s degringolade
"You don't know what you're doing" is the soccer crowd's refrain to a failing team manager's player selections. Such an accusation applies to...