Okay, we have two very good, and just as importantly, readable, articles on the RSPT today. In the red corner, arguing in the negative, is the always blunt, in-the-eyes-of-some, partisan, Henry Ergas. Writing for his stable rag, The Australian, Henry has submitted a creative overview of the RSPT, and some of its key pitfalls. In the blue corner, we have Professor Paul Frijters, arguing the positive case. Both these guys are smart. Paul is regarded as one of the brightest "young" economists in Australia alongside the ALP's once-was-a-professor Andrew Leigh. Paul provides up a similarly impressive summary of the merits of the RSPT. If you want a thorough intellectual feel for both sides of this debate, go no further.
[Oops, I just realised that you should also probably download Dr Nicholas Gruen's views, which he has kindly put on the record here. Nick is as sharp as they come. (I know, I am always full of complements.)]
