{"id":6,"date":"2022-09-25T04:50:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T04:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billmitchell.org\/blog\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2022-09-26T13:09:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T03:09:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/Bill_Mitchell_August_2013.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Bill Mitchell overlooking Kakadu National Park, 2013\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo taken in August 2013 in Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia)<\/p>\n<p>Bill Mitchell is a Professor in Economics and Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/wwww.fullemployment.net\">Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE)<\/a>, at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>He is also a professional musician and plays guitar with the Melbourne Reggae-Dub band &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressuredropband.org\/\">Pressure Drop<\/a>. The band was popular around the live music scene in Melbourne in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The band reformed in late 2010.<\/p>\n<p>You can find music and other things on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billmitchell.org\">Home Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can contact him via Mobile Phone on 0419 422 410 (anywhere in the World).<\/p>\n<p>You can also E-mail him on Bill.Mitchell_@_newcastle.edu.au (delete the underscores).<\/p>\n<h2>Header Image<\/h2>\n<p>The photo is from Cape Paterson, Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>I am part of Australia&#8217;s most sustainable development there called &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveatthecape.com.au\/\">The Cape<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This magnificent beach is a short walk through the dunes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d5812.957147354953!2d145.6024687966784!3d-38.66988240091611!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x6b2a73147aa99105%3A0xceecdd4b9879ee5f!2sSunlight%20Blvd%20%26%20Seaward%20Dr%2C%20Cape%20Paterson%20VIC%203995!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sau!4v1656735521045!5m2!1sen!2sau\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Political leanings<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicalcompass.org\/test\">Political Compass<\/a> is an on-line tool to assess where one sits in a four-quadrant space demarcated by a north-south axis moving from Authoritarianism (Fascism) to the north and Libertarianism (Anarchy) to the south.<\/p>\n<p>On the East-West axis we move from Left (Collectivism\/Communism) to Right (Neoliberalism).<\/p>\n<p>Maximum\/Minimum scores range from +10 to -10 on both axes.<\/p>\n<p>Note: for some questions I have to fudge the answer because, for example, they ask whether taxpayers should fund arts and museums etc. Of course, taxpayers do not fund anything but I understand the intent of the question.<\/p>\n<p>The following graphs record my scores at intermittent intervals.<\/p>\n<p>The variations (small) are because the questions change a little and vary the propensity to take extreme options out of the two either side of the &#8216;fence&#8217; on the economics (Left-Right) axis.<\/p>\n<h3>December 2, 2021<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_December_2_2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_December_2_2021.png 525w, https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_December_2_2021-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<h3>August 11, 2020<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_August_11_2018.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"465\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_August_11_2018.png 510w, https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_August_11_2018-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<h3>December 9, 2018<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_December_9_2018.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_December_9_2018.png 504w, https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_December_9_2018-300x279.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<h3>August 5, 2014<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_Aug_5_2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"410\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_Aug_5_2014.jpg 415w, https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Political_Compass_Aug_5_2014-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<h3>March 19, 2009<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/political_compass_march_19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"548\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/political_compass_march_19.jpg 514w, https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/political_compass_march_19-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<h2>Favourite Colour<\/h2>\n<p>And, just in case you were wondering &#8230; my favourite colour is IKB (0 47 167).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Favourite_color_0_47_167_IKB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Favourite_color_0_47_167_IKB.jpg 200w, https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Favourite_color_0_47_167_IKB-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo taken in August 2013 in Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia) Bill Mitchell is a Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. He is also a professional musician and plays guitar with the Melbourne Reggae-Dub band &#8211; Pressure Drop. The band&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","no-media"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}