Weekly roundup Saturday 14 February
He’s gone home. Can we get back to supporting the Palestinians in their suffering?
Weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues in public policy.
Politics
The coup: They made Sussan Ley the scapegoat for the Coalition’s failures.
Leadership: It’s a task that involves hard work, and is quite different from exercising authority.
Herzog’s visit: An ill-considered and divisive response to the Bondi murders.
Antony Green’s reflections: Insights into the election process, and pointers to coming elections.
Australia’s energy transformation
Saving the budget while saving the planet: A carbon price and higher taxes on gas exports would be good for emissions reduction, equity, the fiscal balance, and allocative efficiency.
All you want to know abut electricity: Economics 1 and Electrical Engineering 1 in plain language.
Better with batteries: The government gets one right with its Cheaper Home Batteries Program.
Who has voice on climate change policy? The fossil fuel lobby finds friends in the media willing to give it a strong voice.
How to pay for the transmission network: Applying Economics 1 rules leads to terrible outcomes.
Other economics
The economic consequences of Epstein: Even extending to world currencies,
A regulator’s resurrection: After a long slumber ASIC is back in action as a strong regulator.
Public ideas
Who believes conspiracy theories? Anyone can believe a conspiracy theory if the story is rich enough.
A time of monsters The 2025 Reith Lectures.
Auld Bob Morrice
If you have comments, corrections, or links to other relevant sources, I’d like to hear from you. Please send them to Ian McAuley — ian, at the domain name ianmcauley.com
