Roundup Saturday 3 October 2026
Weekly roundups of links to articles, podcasts, reports and other media on current economic and political issues
Do they really know what they’re doing?
There will be no roundup for the next few weeks. (No, I’m not going on a cruise!). The next roundup will be on Saturday 21 November, in time for what’s looking like a mini-budget at the end of the year.
Some of Ian McAuley’s other writings on this site
Special series in Pearls and Irritations Reclaiming the ideas of economics
Other articles published on Pearls and Irritations
Articles published in The Conversation
Articles published in New Matilda
Other publications
Published May 2015 by Melbourne University Publishing Governomics — Can we afford small government?
— a joint venture between Miriam Lyons and myself. Why the obsession with "small government" deprives us of needed services in health, education, infrastructure and environmental protection and is hurting our economy.
