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It is three months since I reported on progress with the book. Three busy and sometimes exciting months, including a three week road trip to central and northern Australia – progressing from Melbourne to Wilpena Pound, William Creek (including a … Continue reading →

Every presentation, if one considers the audience, leads one to vary the matters to be emphasised. This launch took place in a Christian bookshop, Portico, owned by Bill and Christine Cannon. Tony Abbott is that rare politician who is known … Continue reading →

My week ‘on the road’ was stimulating and boosted book sales to a noticable degree. Tuesday in Brisbane included an Economic Society meeting hosted at Queensland Investment Corporation by CEO Doug McTaggart. Highlight was the number of young people present, … Continue reading →

Last week ended with a bang. Principal event was a Quadrant dinner in Sydney at which people such as philosopher David Armstrong, former Secretary of Treasury (and sometime National Party Senator) John Stone, historian Keith Windshuttle (Quadrant editor) and other … Continue reading →

Last night saw Henry at Brighton Rotary, the cheeriest group of fellows it has ever been his privilege to address. As usual, question time was the best part of the evening, and the Brighton Rotarians were in fine fettle. If … Continue reading →

I am a bit late reporting on our grand Melbourne launch as I got swamped with things to do immediately afterwards. In summary, it was great fun and we sold a lot of books.  Better still, those who did not … Continue reading →

The US Fed and its queue of acolytes says, in true Aussie style, says ‘she’ll be right’ on global inflation, as reportedtoday by Michael Stutchbury. ‘The Wall Street Journal backs Sarah Palin for attacking Bernanke’s moves to “dump more dollars … Continue reading →

RBA Assistant-governor (Financial System) Malcolm Edey has today released a contribution to an international forum, Beyond Basel III, apparently being held in Sydney.  (This suggests a new Star Wars epic and, when one learns Basel III will take 8 years … Continue reading →

Henry at the weekend saw a wonderful documentary film, Inside Job, that tells the story about as well as he can imagine.  Our review is here. http://www.henrythornton.com/article.asp?article_id=6237 The film notes toward the end the weakness of the US reform package, … Continue reading →

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said recently that now was the right time to take stock and tackle some “profound questions about the pre-crisis consensus on macroeconomic policies.” The March 7-8 conference aimed to take stock of the policy questions … Continue reading →