Yearly Archives: 2008


Tim Harcourt

Obamanomics

November 12th, 2008

Hope is a much underrated emotion in economics. I saw … Read More

Tim Harcourt

Animal spirits or rational economics: Can exporters...

October 14th, 2008

What a roller coaster ride… Read More

Tim Harcourt

Who wants to be a trillionaire (can...

October 13th, 2008

With America’s Wall Street woes and no muscles in Brussels … Read More

Runway to Heaven: Rosemount Australian Fashion Week gave globally successful fashion exporters like Alex Perry their start

Niche is the new black

October 2nd, 2008

We’ve just got over another fashion week with a big … Read More

Tim Harcourt

The Quick and the Dead

October 2nd, 2008

Speed is a key competitive advantage for Australia’s Textile, Clothing … Read More

"Honestly Gilly, I was a wicketkeeper as a junior and gave it up to work as an economist for Austrade." "Yeah, sure mate". Austrade Chief Economist Tim Harcourt and Australian cricket legend Adam Gilchrist in Mumbai

Gilly goes into bat in India for...

September 29th, 2008

post Test career. Gilchrist certainly took Steve Waugh’s advice to … Read More

Tim Harcourt

The Inca strikes back

September 8th, 2008

When the Airport Economist first visited Lima he quickly learnt … Read More

Tim Harcourt

Beyond Beijing, it’s London calling in 2012...

August 25th, 2008

As ‘The Airport Economist’… Read More