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Modelling, Schmodelling! How to rationalise policies that would destroy the economy
Catallaxy Files, 25 July 2018
In a reprise of the feeding of the 5000 with five loaves and two fish, the Energy Security Board has offered salvation for the Australian economy with the National Energy Guarantee (NEG).
Water address in Melbourne May 2012
Just to demonstrate that even the most clear-thinking politicians get dazzled by the complexities of water supply, Andrew Robb once argued that, “If 30 per cent of Singapore relies on recycled water, something is wrong with Australia,” as we recycle virtually none.
2012
Submission to Productivity Commission Inquiry into Australia’s Urban Water Sector
Water, and its collection and use, has become a highly politicized issue. Its economics in terms of scarcity value for urban use is however straightforward. And the techniques for its collection and delivery are well established.
May 2011