John Quiggin's Blogstack

Against apprenticeships

Australian political discussion regularly returns to the idea that the solution to our education and labour-market problems lies in “more…

Dec 4

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November 2025

Will fewer kids mean fewer scientists?

Betteridge's Law of Headlines Applies*

Nov 29

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Elon's last grift

Optimus sub-prime

Nov 22

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Some revenue options for Chalmers

Alert: Produced by AI, not fully checked

Nov 16

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What are “rusted-on” Labor voters thinking ?

And will they stay loyal?

Nov 6

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October 2025

Rethinking Population Ageing: Beyond the Alarmist Narrative

An AI-assisted* restatement of my views

Oct 30

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CCS is a dead horse

Time to stop flogging it

Oct 29

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Labor as the party of resistance

A historical role reversal

Oct 21

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If government bailouts of companies are the new normal, we need a better strategic vision

My latest in The Conversation, republished in The Guardian and other outlets

Oct 14

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The natural party of government in Australia

But no longer the party of initiative

Oct 10

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September 2025

Paper reactors and paper tigers

From Pearls and Irritations

Sep 28

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Optus’s triple zero debacle is further proof of the failure of the neoliberal experiment

Another candidate for renationalisation

Sep 27

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