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."

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Great quote from Oscar Wilde on reading (and George Bush trivia)

Amazingly, George Bush Jr read 95 books in one year of his presidency. According to Oscar Wilde:

“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”