Heterogenous-firms theory suggests avg. sector productivity wd soar if we opened still-heavily protected markets; s..twitter.com/i/web/status/7…Ee
Why does AU have a state-owned broadcaster? Apparently so it can run expensive, self-gratifying, social experiments::theaustralian.com.au/business/media…
@CoppetainPU @rwb69 @gideonrachman Except, of course, that they do (eg ITA) and RTAs are now a principle-free zone 😉
French interference + ideological bankers may “drive up the wholesale price of power by between 10 and 25 per cent”::theaustralian.com.au/business/minin…
@guydej1 @alanbeattie Beat me to it. Damn.
@alanbeattie To be an Arts-Loi Lumber-(I’m-OK)-jack?
@SenatorHume @timwilsoncomau Oh please! Higher taxes, foolish spending, confused, fractious. Please wake up! You are a center-RIGHT party!
No. AFAIK, ACCI supports TPP tariff cuts but is unhappy about lack of econ. assessment (IP) & undemocratic implemen..twitter.com/i/web/status/7…Gq
When I worked in Brussels, a Dutch-speaking Belgian once told me his French-speaking compatriots were “hot air Wall..twitter.com/i/web/status/7…RI
Moving around from Melbourne to Moscow, StPetersburg, Prague, Berlin I have earlier starts, stricter timetables on vacation than at home.
@HenryErgas on the classic virtues of great political leaders. Surely @realDonaldTrump has none? Well…maybe onetheaustralian.com.au/opinion/column…On
@snlester points to an important court case on EU trade powers::worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/2016/…
snlester @pwgallagher What better way to reach the masses than an op-ed in the WSJ? ;)
SamKSS Seeing politicians lecturing bank executives on culture and ethics is actually hilarious.
Precisely. D.Uren on the shortcomings of AU banking::theaustralian.com.au/business/opini…
peraltenberg Ok, the Nobel Prize for economic sciences. How about Marc Melitz for heterogeneous firm trade theory? Summary here: scholar.harvard.edu/melitz/publica…
Worthy sentiments, OK. But who’s the audience for this blah, blah, blah on trade agreements fm IMF, WTO, WB?::wsj.com/articles/how-t…