In Pannell Discussion 18, I touched on the need to select a clear objective when tackling a complex decision problem. Without a well-defined and well-considered
read moreI’m something of an Olympics tragic. The Athens Games provided plenty of the right sort of drug to feed my addiction: wonderful performances, surprises, disappointments,
read moreEconomics is fundamentally about decisions, either understanding the decisions that people make, or helping people (especially governments) to make decisions. Some decisions are hard, but
read moreYou will probably be surprised that my starting point in this discussion of how to think like an economist is a book called The Prehistory
read moreLast week I attended the National Landcare Awards in Canberra. A highlight of the night was hearing the MC, Julie McCrossen from ABC Radio National,
read moreEvery so often I get asked about whether it is valid to include improved land values in economic evaluations of land conservation works on farms,
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