The author has been described by News Ltd as an "iconoclast", "Svengali", a pollie's "economist muse", and "pungently accurate". Fairfax says he is a "Renaissance man" and "one of Australia’s most respected analysts." Stephen Koukoulas concludes that he is "85% right", and "would make a great Opposition leader." Terry McCrann claims the author thinks "‘nuance’ is a trendy village in the south of France", but can be "scintillating" when he thinks "clearly". The ACTU reckons he’s "an enigma wrapped in a Bloomberg terminal, wrapped in some apparently well-honed abs."

Friday, May 20, 2011

Weekend Reading: Canberra's most super-secret Deep Throat: The Invisible Insider

Causing controversies amongst right-wing types, the Invisible Insider, an uber-secret, uber-senior, Government insider--and no, it is not David Gruen (think 'higher and mightier')--takes the conservatives and low-bandwidth market economists to task exclusively for your pleasure here.