Ian McAuley is a retired lecturer in public sector finance at the University of Canberra, and is co-author, with Miriam Lyons, of Governomics: Can We Afford Small Government? He writes the Saturday good reading and listening guide for Pearls and Irritations.
National affairs
Rolling out the barrel
Ian McAuley
16 July 2021
Electoral bribery is expensive, wasteful and probably ineffective. And why is Canberra funding car parks anyway?
Books & arts
Northern light on Australia’s future
Ian McAuley
2 July 2021
The Nordic countries show how economies can be run differently
Books & arts
Beyond apocalypse fatigue
Ian McAuley
9 March 2021
Books | We can have economic growth without wrecking the planet, says economist Per Espen Stoknes
National affairs
How Covid-19 is reshaping the way we see healthcare
Ian McAuley
4 May 2020
The pandemic has challenged the idea that “society” and “the economy” are separable
National affairs
In defence of Bridget McKenzie
Ian McAuley
30 January 2020
The National Party minister has become the scapegoat for systemically poor administration
National affairs
The price-takers
Ian McAuley & Jennifer Doggett & John Menadue
29 October 2015
Private health insurers are simply intermediaries between consumers and well-organised suppliers, write Ian McAuley, Jennifer Doggett and John Menadue.…
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