Martin Feil left the economists' herd when he realised that they were still relying upon economic theories created by men who believed the world was six thousand years old, that slavery was OK, that the poor, women and children should receive no or only rudimentary education and could be hanged for offences that weren’t even modern misdemeanours. He and cartoonist John Spooner advance the argument that economic theories, modeling and projections that ignore evidence and change are like counting the number of angels on the head of a pin.
A house is a castle. Build it not upon sand
Martin Feil My friend Freddy thinks that the expression ‘‘my first home’’ is a contradiction of terms. He remembers a time when your home was your home. It wasn’t your first, your second or your last. Your ...
Ignorance is bliss for us, agony for them
Martin Feil
The AFR Review contains a four-page article entitled Life is sweat, by Ken Silverstein from
Martin Feil
I think that our Treasurer, Wayne Swan, is right up there with or even in front of our legendary leggie.
Wayne Swan leaves Warnie for dead
ETS is less efficient than tax on anti-social goods
Martin Feil I spent three years at Sydney University studying philosophy. The first year was entirely taken up studying logic.
We Live in Very Dangerous Times
Martin Feil My friend Freddy believes that 76% of statistical studies are fundamentally flawed.
Let's kill all the economists
Martin Feil In Henry VI, Shakespeare's character, Dick the butcher says ''let's kill all the lawyers'' .
Lapping up MySchool
Martin Feil I like Julia Gillard. As my enthusiasm for her boss has waned I have never felt that she was a spinmeister.
Whatever happened to Australian manufacturing?
Martin Feil The cuckolded husband in the musical Chicago sings a plaintive song called ''cellophane man'', which makes his point that people don't even see him any ...
Half empty or half full?
Martin Feil Ever since the global financial crisis (GFC) began, some people have been saying it is finished. We have heard about the climate change deniers but we haven’t heard too much about the GFC deniers.
Ken Henry and the CAD that is good for us
Martin Feil For those who came in late, the current account deficit is the difference between what we pay overseas for intangible goods and services (an intangible good is something which cannot be seen such as .
