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- 01 Aug
Most Disadvantageous Lottery in the World
- Aug 01, 2017
- IanRunge
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- Batteries, Central Banks, China, Coal, Commodity Prices, Copper, GFC, Iron Ore, Money Supply, Oil Shale, Reserves, Resources, Technology
Noosa Mining and Exploration Conference, 2017. According to Adam Smith – the father of Economics, and obviously no fan of mining – the search after new mines is “perhaps the most disadvantageous lottery in the world.” (from “The Wealth of […]
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- 07 Mar
Is the Boom already becoming a Bust and are we Prepared?
- Mar 07, 2016
- IanRunge
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- Business Cycles, Commodities, Economics, GDP, Iron Ore, Marginal Costs, Prisoner's Dilemma, Producer's Dilemma, Supply
This paper is a shortened form of a public lecture in May-2012 by Ian Runge at the invitation of the University of Queensland School of Economics. The objective was to examine the state of the (then) current resources boom, and […]
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