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On the record high Gold price in Aug 2020 – podcast discussion with Darren Brady Nelson

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Gene Tunny

In my latest podcast episode on Gold, I discuss the record high gold price of over 2,000 USD/oz. seen in August 2020 with Darren Brady Nelson, Chief Economist of LibertyWorks and a policy advisor at the Heartland Institute.  Note that … Continue reading →

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Radical Uncertainty with Prof. John Kay CBE

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Radical Uncertainty: Decision making for an unknowable future is a timely new book from eminent British economists Professor John Kay and former Bank of England Governor Lord Mervyn King. I recently interviewed Professor Kay about the book and our conversation … Continue reading →

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Treasury wants to acknowledge unreliability of budget estimates

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Gene Tunny

There’s a great new working paper out today from the Commonwealth Treasury, Estimates of Uncertainty Around Budget Forecasts, which suggests a change to budget reporting that would make it hard for current and future Australian Governments to claim they will … Continue reading →

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