Harry Clarke

On economics, politics and other things.

Friday, September 4, 2015

End of interlude using Blogger

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I blogged here for 8 months because of operational difficulties with my WordPress site.  These have now been resolved so returning to Word...
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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Car insurance

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I insure two cars. They are old - one 10 years, the other 14 years.  I am a cheapskate when it comes to cars. My guess is in aggregate thei...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Pension reform

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The reforms on eligibility for the pension that Labor opposes seem sensible to me, The current eligibility for a part pension (for a couple...
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Friday, May 22, 2015

Congestion pricing & Infrastructure Australia

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I have been glancing through the 3-part report by Infrastructure Australia  (a summary here ) on Australia's infrastructure needs over ...
Monday, May 11, 2015

How to eliminate government budget deficits with some simple efficiency-based tax reforms

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I recently became awarec that each year the Commonwealth Government publishes a tax expenditures report that details the tax exemptions, d...
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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Emissions Reduction Fund insufficient to hit Kyoto targets

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I wrote a paper with Rob Waschik and Iain Fraser arguing that the ERF would be unlikely to achieve Australia's Kyoto target by 2020 - ...
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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Insuring quack medical treatments and non-quack useless treatments

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A few years ago I had an arthroscopy in my right knee. It followed acute knee pain that resulted from clumsy attempts to climb a locked gat...
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