This Sir John Crawford Memorial Address touches on aspects of the balance between demand for and supply of food, and on visionary approaches to food security that emphasise the importance of markets as well as production itself. Sir John Crawford had the vision of Australian economic integration...

The behaviour of artists appears to be influenced by non-pecuniary benefits that lead to employment choices inconsistent with traditional expectations of labour supply theory. The paper develops a model of employment in the arts with similarities to the Harris-Todaro model. Seemingly paradoxical...