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, July 27, 2012

Yes, I am joining the Australian Financial Review...

The AFR reports today:

Christopher Joye is one of Australia’s most original and provocative thinkers and writers across a range of business, financial and economic issues. He is joining the Financial Review Group to write for the Financial Review’s opinion pages, for the Weekend Financial Review’s Smart Money pages, for Smart Investor and will regularly contribute to afr.com...For the past 3½ years, he has been one of Business Spectator and Property Observer’s most widely read columnists.