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The Claim. The (lack of) Research. The IPA.

Posted on August 12th, 2011 · Posted in Blog

In last Friday’s Australian newspaper, there was a full-page ad on p5 from the Institute of Public Affairs.  It was sparsely laid out, with only a few lines of text. .. read more

Opportunity costs: Coal mining in Deans Marsh

Posted on August 8th, 2011 · Posted in Blog

Last week Mantle Mining withdrew an application to explore for brown coal in the Deans Marsh area southwest of Melbourne.  We were interested due to our involvement with other coal.. read more

Grand Prix economic assessment released!

Posted on August 2nd, 2011 · Posted in Blog

The pen is truly mightier than the sword!  In my recent BLOG POST I talked about my attempts to get hold of the economic assessment of the 2012 Australian Grand.. read more

Taking the bull out of live cattle exports

Posted on July 15th, 2011 · Posted in Blog

Economists at Large have a keen interest in animal welfare and economics, having worked for all of the world’s biggest animal welfare organisations.  We’re concerned that some of the recent.. read more

Grand Prix economic assessment

Posted on July 12th, 2011 · Posted in Blog

Economists at Large have been interested in the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park for many years.  We did some work for anti-GP group, Save Albert Park, several years ago,.. read more

New tax heralds end of a long running subsidy

Posted on July 11th, 2011 · Posted in Blog

Economists at Large warmly welcome the carbon tax legislation in Australia. While many people do not welcome a new tax, another way of looking at this legislation is as the.. read more

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