How The Economy Became This Year's Battleground
The Government and Opposition have begun the parliamentary year by staking out the battleground they…More
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Let's Stop Rolling The Market Dice
John Maynard Keynes knew what harm could be wrought by financial speculation. In his 1936…More
The Myth Of The Wage Breakout
All of a sudden, industrial relations is back in the news. For three years after…More
Greece Is Not For Sale
On Sunday over 100,000 citizens gathered around Greece to express their indignation and frustration with…More
Our Nuclear Sovereign Wealth
Australia’s Future Fund last month dropped a raft of cluster bomb and landmine producers from…More
Let's Not Blow The Boom
Wayne Swan last week announced that he had finalised details of the Mining Resource Rent…More
Do We Really Want To Be A Financial Services Hub?
The mining giants have been hogging the current affairs spotlight recently but as Evan Jones…More
Welcome To The Age Of Financialisation
Much attention has been recently devoted to a class action in the offing against banks…More
The Cash Splash Worked
Remember Lehman Brothers? It’s hard to believe that the US merchant bank’s spectacular collapse was…More
Footing The Bill For The Howard Years
Last Wednesday’s national accounts showed Australia is very close to technical recession. Most commentators agree…More