australia Economics: an intro One of the authors of a secondary school textbook that I swotted over doing economics at secondary school died recently. His name was Neville Drohan. He was a highly regarded teacher and Principal at Melbourne High School and a graduate of the University of Melbourne. He also trained economics teachers
Alex Millmow The wrong opinions of defunct economists The Cambridge economist Arthur Pigou once dismissed the history of economic thought as the wrong opinions of dead economists. It might have been a bit short-sighted because when he went to that bliss point in the sky he, too, lost some validity. Actually, we still use his work today in
1970s Rock and roll, I gave you the best years of my life There is a classic Australian hit song from 1973 called ‘Rock & Roll, I gave you the best years of my life’. Kevin Johnson was the artist. You can see it on Youtube. I some times like to invert it and call it ‘Economics, I gave you the best years of
