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Henry Ergas

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Henry Ergas AO is an economist who spent many years at the OECD in Paris before returning to Australia. He has taught at a number of universities, including Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, the University of Auckland and the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Économique in Paris, served as Inaugural Professor of Infrastructure Economics at the University of Wollongong and worked as an adviser to companies and governments.

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A woman in the role of a priestess holds the Olympic flame after lighting it during the rehearsal of the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games at the ancient temple of Hera on the Olympia archeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece, on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)

Olympics a showcase of values the West is deserting

For all their joys and disappointments, the finest feature of the Olympics is the virtues they celebrate: ambition, determination, discipline and, above all, merit. In a world that increasingly views them with disdain, proclaiming their enduring value is a virtue in itself.

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