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Even as Rafael Nadal gracefully accepted his cheque for €300,000 for winning the Barcelona tennis championship for a seventh time, the Spanish economy relapsed into recession. In response, markets savaged…
You know the old three-card trick: pick a card. Any card. But, inevitably, it’s the card the magician wants you to choose. Jim Yong Kim, now the newly-annointed World Bank president, was the only possible…
Lord Wolfson’s vainglorious economics prize for 2012 will be awarded to the best solution for an orderly exit from the Eurozone. The five finalists are: Roger Bootle from Capital Economics; Cathy Dodds…
Last week’s story on The Conversation saw HECS architect Bruce Chapman bemoaning lost tax revenue from graduates who flee overseas away from the clutches of the Australian Tax Office (ATO). Here’s an idea…
Quite a surprise. Jim Yong Kim, former World Health Organisation (WHO) chief, is Barack Obama’s nominee for the presidency of the World Bank. The White House announced Obama’s support for Kim, currently…