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Heading for another great recession?

patrickcallioni's picture

President Obama and his advisers have missed the point: the system failed because of the lack of transparency, not because people took unwarranted risk.

Girlfriends or natural socialists?

Luke Malpass's picture

Ever heard the tired old cliché about women always wanting a man they can change, and men always wanting a woman who will not?

 

Why Live Sheep Exports when Viable Alternative?

Jessica Borg's picture

The World Society for the Protection of Animals argues that chilled meat exports are a more economically sustainable option for Australian industry than cruel live animal shipments.

ACCAN Seminar on Responsive Regulation and Policy

Allen Asher's picture

CEO of the consumer watchdog organisation Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) reports on their Responsive Regulation and Policy Seminar.

Imagination in Public Administration

David Stephens's picture

Considering the full spectrum of regulatory instruments and applying them to risks appropriately is at the core of making better regulation choices.

When Less is More

Malcolm Crompton's picture

Without any expectation that privacy statements should be able to be read and understood by the average person, how is it reasonable to expect the average person to accept full responsibility for the disclosure of their personal private information?

Using knowledge management principles to fix the global financial system

patrickcallioni's picture

We need a federated network of trust, as an alternative to cumbersome transnational regulation, which would encourage openness and transparency and punish secrecy, opaqueness and self-heals.

 

Mr Batt calling...

Neil Batt's picture

Pomp and ceremony may be on the decline but are manners headed south with them?

Why the Financial System Matters

patrickcallioni's picture

The economy is like a game of musical chairs, and when the music stops, we don't want crooks and cheats to be the only ones who can find a seat.  

Maslow's "Heirachy of Needs" for Society

patrickcallioni's picture

There are many layers to a healthy society, of which the economy is only one.