John Quiggin

@johnquiggin.bsky.social

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Economist & blogger @ http://johnquiggin.com, http://crookedtimber.org. http://johnquiggin.substack.com/?utm http://mstdn.social/@johnquiggin
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John Quiggin is an Australian economist, a professor at the University of Queensland. He was formerly an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Federation Fellow and a member of the board of the Climate Change Authority of the Australian Government. .. more

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 15h

* A lot of us say our ancestry is simply Australian, which is consistent with having ethnically Anglo-Celtic forebears, but does not suggest a personal identification with those faraway islands. #auspol

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 15h

Abbott has finally dropped the pretence of non-racism, and said quite clearly that Asians, non-UK Europeans, and First Nations people, as well as the rest of the world are second-class citizens. Hastie and Taylor going the same way #auspol

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 15h

That suggests Abbott is representative of about 20 per cent of the Australian population, about the same as the proportion who report speaking a non-English language at home.

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 15h

Tony Abbott (Catholic, born in England) believes in an Anglo-Celtic, Judaeo-Christian Australia (love those hyphens!). Sadly for Tony, the Census disagrees. Only about 50 per cent of Australians cite Anglo-Celtic ancestry* and only about 40 per cent claim Christian or Jewish religious belief.

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 18h

Sleepless in suburbia: The case for a curfew at Brisbane Airport

Sleepless in suburbia

The case for a curfew at Brisbane Airport

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 22h

I don't blame this guy for logging off social media after being locked up for a meme. But the NY Times ought to have made the point "false imprisonment successfully silences Trump opponent". Another step in the consolidation of fascism in the US. #uspol

Larry Bushart Is Free From Jail — and Off Facebook — After Charlie Kirk Post

Larry Bushart’s arrest in Tennessee was condemned as dangerous overreach. Nonetheless, he is no longer arguing about politics online.

www.nytimes.com

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d

Protest against uncontrolled aircraft noise pollution in Brisbane tomorrow. I will be speaking. BFPCA Community Town Hall 2026

BFPCA Community Town Hall 2026

A line-in-the-sand community town hall by BFPCA. Appeals are exhausted. If change is to happen, we must escalate together. This event tests whether we’re ready.

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d

Book club frauds are a new class of scams, apparently powered by LLMs. Offer to discuss books at a club with plausible looking website turns into pitch for paid promotions

Yes, All Those Author Services and Book Club Emails Are Fake, and No, Don’t Send Them Any Money

If you’re an author, or honestly if you just happen to be standing near an author these days, then you have probably seen a flood of emails in the past couple of months promising you that who…

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d

I was assuming that Hastie's position, essentially the same as One Nation, will remain much the same as it is now.

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d

No this is about Australian national politics hashtag #auspol

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d

Umm, I didn't assume anything. I expressed a hope

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d

My hope is that, Angus being Angus, he will botch this completely and cruel the pitch for Hastie when he takes over and tries to push the same line more competently

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d

... Instead, he's lined up with Hanson, saying we should keep out unspecified groups who "don't share our values". Looking at what we've heard from Price, Hume and others about specific groups, that can be read as "Anglos only". Certainly, that's how non-Anglo voters are likely to read it.

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 1d

AFAICT, the median position Oz opinion on immigration is "migration is good, and we shouldn't discriminate on race or religion, but right now there are too many migrants, and not enough with the right skills"

Taylor could have run on this and criticised the government for mismanagement ... #auspol

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 2d

I think the reporter got the byline and did some interviews on the ground, but the framing comes from DC and NY

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 2d

Solar PV: Has the irrestible force run out of power?

That’s what lots of analysts are saying.

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 2d

This narrative dominates the US intelligence “community” from which NYT gets its views. More on this soon, I hope

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 2d

I’m pretty confident ON will swallow most of the Nats votes at least for the next few months

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 2d

Ley's resignation presents Libs with a sharp choice right at the outset. The final three candidates will probably be #Liberal, One Nation and independent, and Libs might run third. Do they chase the racist vote and preference One Nation or maintain some credibility and go for independent. #auspol

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 4d

A better solution: Rename it the Donald J. Trump Bridge and leave it in the state depicted below, as a symbol of the friendship between the US and Canada.

U.S.-Canada bridge brouhaha deepens as White House says Trump could amend a permit for the project

The White House says President Donald Trump has the right to amend a permit for a new bridge between Canada and Michigan.

apnews.com

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d

Here's a link from 2024

www.nytimes.com/2024...

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d

NY Times has been announcing the fall of Pokrovsk regularly since mid-2024. Maybe they are right this time, but it would be good practice to admit previous errors.

Russia Nears Capture of Key Ukrainian Towns After Year of Grinding Assaults

Russian troops have advanced at a glacial pace in recent months, but gains in southern and eastern Ukraine could give Moscow an edge in U.S.-mediated peace talks.

www.nytimes.com

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d

Antarctica massively more livable

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d

Telescopes have discovered planets billions of kilometres away. Flying people 200000km is pointless

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d

I have some self-growing bridges for sale in desirable locations

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d

#Musk has cancelled #Mars and Bezos has announced a pause of "at least two years" (read "forever") on Shepard space tourism. ISS going too. So, we're giving up on humans in Low Earth Orbit & planets. We did the moon 50 years ago - no good reason to go back. Humans belong on Earth and nowhere else.

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d

So, #Musk has abandoned his long promised Mars mission, apparently because he discovered that Mars is a long way nearly all the time. These surprising problems crop up when you are at the scientific frontier.

Now he's pitching cities on the moon, and his fans love it. I was hoping for world peace.

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 5d

It was great to join pre-conference #AARES2026 6K run along spectaculat River Torrens under the leadership of experienced #AARES runners Lin Crase and @johnquiggin.bsky.social

#econsky

John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 6d

Government buying votes of former students, while disastrous Job Ready Graduates fees swell HECS debts for current students. Jason Clare is worst education minister ever.

The government’s HECS Bill swings and misses on student debt

How the Albanese government continues to shirk action on the worst remnant of the Morrison–era changes to higher education.

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