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Podcast highlights – Quiggin on climate change, Gruen on digital public goods, and others

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Gene Tunny

My latest Economics Explained episode presents highlights from the podcast in 2019, including UQ’s John Quiggin on climate change, Lateral Economics’s Nicholas Gruen on digital public goods, and RMIT’s Leonora Risse (currently a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School) on … Continue reading →

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Economic development with Griffith’s Dr Andreas Chai – latest Economics Explained episode

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Gene Tunny

One of the traditions of the Queensland branch of the Economic Society of Australia (ESA) is an end-of-year seminar on each year’s Nobel Prize in Economics winners. Given our location, it’s a bit hard to get the actual prize winners … Continue reading →

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Qld Tennis Centre precinct a missed opportunity

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Gene Tunny

At the Brisbane International Tennis tournament the other day, my friends and I were confronted with very high prices, such as $9.50 for a Corona and $7 for a fruit salad. In part, the high prices reflect the local monopoly … Continue reading →

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