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Economics Times Three, Other Events
Spoke at the Kew branch of the Labor Party on Tuesday night on the Henry Review (summary version); apparently it was well-received, as the following day received an email from the branch executive suggesting that the presentation become an FEA forum/dinner. Also recommended was a evening with Steve Hurd, the Labor candidate for Kooyong who has personal reasons for advocating disability rights. As part of a panel on disabilities I suggested Donna Williams, whom I recently had the great pleasure of being the AV Tech for her presentation between Melbourne and Singapore (presentation and photo).
On more economic issues, I have also been recently debating the so-called "Robin Hood" tax and the destructive effects this well-intentioned plan has. People don't seem to understand that nearly all taxes, surcharges etc are passed on to the consumer, the exceptions being those goods in absolute supply (and the degree of the capacity to pass on these costs and the severity of the deadweight loss depends on relative elasticity from completely elastic to completely inelastic). For a third economics issue (yes, I know, I'm a bundle of fun at dinner parties) I have raised the issue of aggregate long-run productions functions. This is one of a few questions that have come to mind as I'm preparing for my exams in Economic Decision Making and Business Law next week.
Other events: Ran a short Philosophy Forum session last Sunday on continental philosophy (German idealism, phenomeonology, existentialism, hermeneutics etc). Brittania worked out really well on Sunday. Would like to adapt it to Pendragon. Played another session of Dragon Age on Thursday. Isocracy IGM on Saturday. Giving the service at the Unitarians on Sunday for the Australian Esperanto Society; providing an address at the same two weeks later on The Evolution of the Human Spirit.
On more economic issues, I have also been recently debating the so-called "Robin Hood" tax and the destructive effects this well-intentioned plan has. People don't seem to understand that nearly all taxes, surcharges etc are passed on to the consumer, the exceptions being those goods in absolute supply (and the degree of the capacity to pass on these costs and the severity of the deadweight loss depends on relative elasticity from completely elastic to completely inelastic). For a third economics issue (yes, I know, I'm a bundle of fun at dinner parties) I have raised the issue of aggregate long-run productions functions. This is one of a few questions that have come to mind as I'm preparing for my exams in Economic Decision Making and Business Law next week.
Other events: Ran a short Philosophy Forum session last Sunday on continental philosophy (German idealism, phenomeonology, existentialism, hermeneutics etc). Brittania worked out really well on Sunday. Would like to adapt it to Pendragon. Played another session of Dragon Age on Thursday. Isocracy IGM on Saturday. Giving the service at the Unitarians on Sunday for the Australian Esperanto Society; providing an address at the same two weeks later on The Evolution of the Human Spirit.
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With regards to the transaction tax, alas, many people are swayed by the good intentions without understanding the effects or concepts such as elasticity. I suppose I don't expect them to either, at least not initially. People see a problem and think of a solution - it is another step to think of reactions to that solution.
Cute icon picture, btw!