The economics of insolvency – the pain of liquidation is one way to get economic growth

Pre INSOL post I am pleased to have had my topic accepted for presentation at the INSOL Academics Colloquium in Barcelona on 22 May 2025 – Insolvency and competition law – parallel universes, serving contradictory goals, without coordination. My session is about the intersection of Darwinian economics and law, more precisely, between the economics of […]
Where’s bankruptcy nowadays?

It is a positive sign that the administration of the Bankruptcy Act has moved from Attorney-General’s to Treasury, sitting with ASIC and corporate insolvency, the ATO, ASBFEO and others – although under what Minister and in what part of Treasury is not yet explained. Apart from the Treasurer, we have the Minister for Housing, Minister […]