The word “anarchist” -- like the word “atheist” -- says more about what you are not than what you are. If there were a better word than “atheist” to describe those of us who do not believe in the idea of an almighty, all-seeing, all powerful god, I would like to know it. Perhaps the word “deist”, as was used by some of the early American movers and shakers is not bad — it describes the idea of a “creator”, who having done his/her/its work then went on leave for the universe to work it all out — for eternity. No religion, just a dispassionate disinterested creator who wants to leave us alone.

Because roads are mostly publicly-owned 'the economics of traffic' -- of traffic-jams, of breakdowns and disruption, of accidents -- is not presented or costed in economic terms. Costs and delays to commuters and to trucks and commercial traffic is not counted in dollar terms.

If roads were privately-owned (as they should be) the owners of good, safe, fast roads would spell out the economic advantages of their better roads over the costs and delays of their competitors’ slow, dangerous and uncomfortable roads.  Read more

Neville Kennard is the founder of Kennards Self Storage and weekly columnist for Economics.org.au.

"Jobs, jobs, jobs", they say, those politicians. They know that if there are a lot of people out of work they will not get re-elected. And yet they do everything they can to load costs and burdens on to employers. With so few parliamentarians who have ever had real jobs, let alone owned and run a successful business, there is little understanding of what it’s like to start and manage a successful enterprise. Read more