Oh, I understand now SPQR.

Bob Carter, Ian Plimer and Discount Monckton can travel all over the country denying global warming while at the same time exhorting the policies of the Abbott conservatives. They even give Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones a leg-up with the aid of Gina-money.

Yep, their right-wing ideological guff even gets air time in Quadrant and the Murdoch press.

Yet when I exhort the science of 97% of the world's climate scientists and support adaptative and mitigation policies, you cry foul.

Yeah, right - stop smokin the stuff, it's delusional.

AA,

I would hate to see where you studied economics as you show a complete lack of understanding, and your analysis laughable. Your school boy rendition of the multiplier factor still fails to justify why little value was received by the tax payer, and why most of the stimulus was too late and had no effect.

The best managed economy, by what measure? Juliar, Swan, and Wong, the 3 stooges. More like Bernie Madoff triplets.

The only stoogers around here are Abbott,and Hockey, with their 75 billion $ black hole. 'what economics' is that.
The economic figures speak for themselves.
A massive amount of new money being acted upon now, and another massive amount waiting for approval.
Alcoa financed to the tune of $300 / ton of output.
No new request for assistance.
The days of rhetoric have finished.

Good morning Mr M.

“The best managed economy, by what measure?”

Economists use ten key indicators: economic growth, income levels, inflation, jobs, taxation, interest rates, debt to GDP ratio, social services, superannuation, and poverty.

We actually discussed these earlier at some length with Saltpetre and Imajulianutter. So you may wish to review our discussion from about a week ago.

It is clear from all the comparative data available – from the CIA factsheet, the OECD, the indexmundi graphs you accessed earlier, and elsewhere – that Australia is the best-managed economy now, having risen through the GFC from about 9th place in 2007.

Cheers, AA

SPQR,

(Who the hell is Abigail Williams?...she says to herself)

...Oh! that Abigail Williams.

Since you raise the issue, it's uncanny, but I do detect a touch of the Pope Innocent VIII's in your good self.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summis_desiderantes_affectibus

AA,

Australia is one of the best economies in the world, but saying Labor is the best economic manager is a long stretch given the litany of stuff ups, and the record debt left behind.

In a horse race the winner has more to do with the horse than the jockey.