23, April, 2022

What balance are we prepared to accept between taxation and overnment-provided social services?

2, December, 2021

Democracy does not mean a government can do what it wants. There are checks and balances. Here, we discuss three constraints on government.

14, August, 2021

A government should have contingency plans for a variety of potential disasters. COVID-19 was a wake-up call. Is long-term planning just too hard, too expensive, and too time-consuming?

25, May, 2021

Is democracy the best form of government and is it likely to be around in a hundred years?

8, March, 2021

Trump's America is the prime example of cutting regulation. Should we do more in Australia, or is that a slippery slope?

4, January, 2021

Why does social progress take so long? Why do some people resist change that will give us a better life?

12, December, 2020

What is happening with house prices, and how might some courses of action change the prices.

16, October, 2020

WEIRD. It stands for Western – Educated – Industrialised – Rich – Democratic. Are we all a bit weird? How do other societies operate, and is it OK to be weird?

10, August, 2020

We all had it better in the good old days did'nt we? At least that is what the current generation tell us. Here are some of the things from the good old days you might want to tell your children and grandchildren.

24, July, 2020

We are programmed to hear the good story when we support something and the bad story when we oppose it. There are too many inconvenient truths.