Full Cobbora coal piece
I had an op ed piece in yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald about the economic assessment of coal and coal seam gas projects. The piece was originally longer and focussed more.. read more
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Breaking News – No News on Maules Creek
It’s not often the Economists at Large website breaks the big stories, but here is a scoop – Environment Minister Tony Burke has delayed his decision on whether to permit.. read more
Victorian Events Industry Council lobbies against Victorian Tourism Industry Council members
A press release from the Victorian Events Industry Council put out last week at first seems unsurprising. The first line of the press release should be enough for you to.. read more
Maules Creek Mine in the news
Update: Rod’s piece in the SMH got quite a bit of attention. Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek Mine has been in the news this week, after anti-coal activist, Jonothan Moylan,.. read more
Major Events Mathematics in the Australian Grand Prix Corp Annual Report
We recently looked at Tourism Victoria’s use of Major Events Mathematics in analysis of the Australian Grand Prix, claiming the event brought Victoria $35.6 million dollars of “media value”, despite.. read more
Don’t blame the tools, blame the zombies.
The Australia Institute ran a training day on economics for conservationists at the 60L building last week. I popped my head in afterwards because I was working just upstairs at.. read more
Barnett decades behind on economics
One of our goals here at Economists at Large is to call out bad economics. I just can’t let a short article by Andrew Burrell published in The Australian newspaper.. read more
Comperio Research: Masters of Major Events Mathematics
Earlier this year I mentioned that the last straw of economic credibility the Australian Grand Prix had was Tourism Victoria’s assertion that it “provides a media or advertising-equivalent value of.. read more
Channel Deepening Project: Dredging up what we told them in 2007
The Vic Auditor General has found that the Port Philip Channel Deepening Project (CDP) isn’t delivering the promised benefits. Saying “I told ya so” can be very satisfying, but only.. read more
Maules Creek PAC decision: Is environmental economics relevant anymore?
In the last couple of years much attention has been focused on the relevance (or lack thereof) of economics for policy making. As an economist interested in environmental issues, I’ve often asked.. read more
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