Mark Cully

Public policy economist at large, temping at the FWC, visiting at TTPI/ANU, writing at home

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

@BruceJPreston Monkey Wrench in Hackett

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

@SSjholt @MarkusMannheim inner outer north or outer inner north?

[Dani Rodrik @rodrikdani]

This is unfortunately quite true. From any rational, decision-theoretic standpoint, the Economics profession under-invests in imperfectly identified analyses of big/important/relevant questions relative to well-identified but comparatively uninteresting questions.

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

Dismayed at this news. I have been most fortunate to have a string of great bosses over my working life. Ron was the first of those, hiring me to work on the initial AWIRS in 1989-91.

[Prof Rae Cooper @Raecooper1]

In case friends and colleagues have not yet heard (sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings), Prof Ron Callus passed away suddenly on the weekend. Ron was an excellent scholar and mentor, gentle person, insightful observer of human foible and an all round good bloke 1/2

[The Creeping Bent Organisation @creepingbentorg]

Scottish Pop !! (by Jordi)

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

@ZacGross Finally ends that years-long standoff with the ABS where 4 times a year the Board met the day *before* the release of the national accounts. @NGruen1

[martin grasser @martingrasser]

Today we say goodbye to this great blue bird

This logo was designed in 2012 by a team of three. @toddwaterbury, @angyche and myself,

The logo was designed to be simple, balanced, and legible at very small sizes, almost like a lowercase "e", a 🧵

[José Ángel Gurría @A_Gurria]

Chris Barrett is an exceptional appointment for a vital economic institution like the Productivity Commission.
He was an early supporter of the OECD's New Approaches to Economic Challenges project, and an innovative economic policy thinker in his time representing his country.

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

@lachlanmccall BDL is not young, he is wilfully pompous

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

I wanted to fling this book across the room so many times. Bloated, self indulgent and smugly imperious.

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

@MrSteveDriscoll and unbelievably glib

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

@MrSteveDriscoll strays well outside his lane (e.g. military history), sweeping statements on hotly contested issues, frequently repetitive (to the point where one wonders whether there was any editor), too snarky, hasn’t done the hard work like, say, Joel Mokyr

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

@gabster0191 And he got top billing at ACE, how?

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

@AlfredoPaloyo Only if you’re also in the imperious club.

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

@JosephPolitano the Lucky Country keeps being lucky

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

Happened in Australia too a decade later, British dropping test bombs on sites known to be populated.

https://t.co/hroqnJcOyj

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

Pre well-being days

[Ben Phillips @BenPhillips_ANU]

Fun fact: the hard heads at Treasury convinced ministers to withhold money to stop construction of lake Burley Griffin while PM Menzies was away in London.

[Mark Cully @EconoMarkinACT]

@ZacGross @JohnQuiggin Regretfully, it seems “full” has quietly dropped from the title, now just the Employment White Paper

[Humane World for Animals Australia @humaneworldaus]

🐍 Happy World Snake Day! 🐍

Australia is lucky to have over 200 species of snakes in our oceans, deserts and forests, most of which are harmless to humans!

Today, we celebrate these misunderstood creatures that play a vital role in our ecosystems.

📷Sheoak Ridge Nature Refuge