July newsletter

It’s been another busy month for me. We are still settling in to our new apartment on the Sunshine Coast, but still spending time in Brisbane, where I have a half-time appointment at UQ.

I gave the opening keynote address at the Foundations of Utility Research (FUR) conference at UQ from 3-7 July. It’s the biggest international conference in my subfield of decision theory, and this was the first time it has been held in Australia. My talk was on Financial Markets and Bounded Awareness (slides here)

My big academic news, though, was the publication by ANU Press of my latest book, After Neoliberalism. It’s a compilation of articles I’ve written over the last forty years, coinciding almost exactly with the rise and fall of neoliberalism.

I’ve been very busy in policy debate as well. I just completed a big paper on the case for renationalisation of the electricity industry, commissioned by the ACTU. There should be a launch soon.

I also competed in the Gold Coast half-marathon. It was enjoyable and I was pleased with my time of 2:05, in the top half of my age category.

Newspaper articles

Why neither growth nor degrowth make sense as long-term objectives for Australia’s economy Guardian 11 July

Czech nuclear deal shows CSIRO GenCost is too optimistic, and new nukes are hopelessly uneconomic, RenewEconomy

The era of privatisation is nearly over. But cleaning up the mess left behind will take years Guardian 24 July

AI won’t use as much electricity as we are told, and it’s not a reason to slow transition to renewables RenewEconomy 30 July

Why aren’t the likes of Rex and Bonza flying high in Australian skies? Ask the politicians Guardian 31 July

Media

My media report for July, password quiggin (Thanks as usual to Alysha Hilevuo for preparing this)

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