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I haven’t done a lot of work over Easter. I played a couple of games of golf, as I have been trying to read Immanuel Kant’s, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (the excellent CUP edition with introduction by Christine Korsgaad) and have, as well, been listening to music – Beethoven and Mozart String Quartets [...] I am attending an Economics of Happiness Conference in Byron Bay NSW. It’s the first time I’ve been here in Byron Bay in more than 30 years. It is an attractive coastal town whose white settler history began when James Cook anchored here in 1770 – he named the town after the grandfather of the [...] The usual end to each year for me. I have been holidaying in southern NSW and now in Sydney waiting for some really hot weather. Posting will be intermittent at most until New Year. Enjoy the festive season – I hope Santa brings all my readers lots of good toys. Update 1: Back in [...] I finally got to spend a few days at O’Reilly’s in the Lamington National Park. A super-efficient, large-scale ecotourism resort that provides much better food and quality of service than most luxury, downtown hotels. Moreover, despite the commercial tourism the quality of the natural rainforest environment around the facility is very good with only minor impacts of the [...] I am taking some time off and smelling the roses. I’ll be back soon with a lower golf handicap and a more constructive appreciation of my betters. Update: Ennui squared. I have just been listed as a participant for a half-day workshop on X in Y and because of my immense value to the participants [...] I am holidaying in southern-central Italy. My main lasting impression from this visit will be of the good-natured and gracious people of Italy – for example, strangers greet you in the street, are helpful and decent. Of course Italy has many natural/cultural and artistic assets – and a deep sense of history – that similarly [...] I have made my first ever visit to Greece by attending an economics conference in Athens over the past 5 days. It’s been a whirlwind visit but my impressions thus far have been, in the main, pleasant. Like every first-time tourist visitor to Greece I made an immediate B-line to the Acropolis the first morning. [...] I am heading north for a couple of weeks and can recycle an old post to describe this move - except that last year I was the proverbial brass monkey in freezing cold Beijing. Blogging will be intermittent for two weeks unless it rains a lot. Readers please enjoy your summer vacation. If you are not [...] Richard Green points out that I am classified as a left-winger in this survey of Australian political blogs. The terms “left-wing” and “right-wing” are notoriously difficult to define so I am not unduly concerned about this. I hope that I am not regarded as “left-wing” simply because I support strong action on climate change – [...] I am a sucker for ‘getting organised ‘ schemes – lists, sub-lists prioritising tasks etc. etc. In the main I employ these schemes for about a week until I tire of them. Email is a particular curse – I am on leave at present but yesterday received over 50 emails from my employer, many requiring [...] I bought a fish in the Zhonguancun shopping plaza – a Siamese fighting fish – with a satchel of food included for 20 RMB – that’s about $3-50. In the shop it was sitting in a bowl of water about half a coffee cup size and I sympathised with its dilemma. The world is not [...] I am settling quite happily into life in Beijing. It’s hot – around 31oC one day – and muggy with occasional showers. The heat gets to you the same way it does in Bangkok – the Joules interact with the smog and the excessive concrete making the heat feel as if it has just gushed [...] I am presenting a talk on the topic above to the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) Victorian Branch August meeting tomorrow, Friday 29th August, from 12-30pm (sharp) to 2-00pm, upstairs at the Elephant and Wheel Barrow pub (cnr Bourke and Exhibition St, Melbourne). If you wish to attend you must register with dave.appels@frontier-economics.com. I thought [...] |
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