How Much Can A Market Bear?
Remember the "shareholder society"? It was one of cherished dreams of John Howard, who championed…More
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Big Banks Win As Labor Screws Small Business
Not yet 12 months old, the Rudd Labor Government looks like a headless chicken. Worse,…More
The Hole In Our Budget Is THIS BIG
"The global financial crisis has smashed a $40 billion hole in the budget." Those were…More
Is There a Recession Brewing in Our Housing Bubble?
"Auctions fall despite grant boost" read the banner headline of The Sunday Age. "Melbourne’s property…More
Traders Are People Too
Admit it: recent stock market chaos has been scary for everyone but there have been…More
Business as Usual for the World Bank and IMF
The global financial crisis turned what is normally solid but dull political theatre into a…More
Apparently the Emperor is Wearing Clothes Again
You can gauge the kind of month it has been on the world’s financial markets…More
Why Are We Captive To Wall Street?
The other day a colleague told me that his chooks are still laying eggs. They…More
The Death of Capitalism As We Know It?
Around this time last year, Gordon Brown was facing the first economic challenge of his…More
Greenspan Says It's the Crisis We Had to Have
If securitised US sub-primes had not emerged as the weak link in the global financial…More