What Credit Ratings Don't Tell Us
When Standard and Poor’s cut France’s AAA sovereign credit rating and downgraded the ratings of…More
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The Blight Of Isolation
Britain has never been comfortable with its geographic and economic location. Many British refer to…More
Save Capitalism From Greed
The only odd thing about the Occupy Wall Street Movement is that it didn’t happen…More
Abbott Does Truck All For Democracy
The Liberal/National Party Opposition, aided by the Murdoch press and by talkback radio hosts, is…More
Let's Stop Rolling The Market Dice
John Maynard Keynes knew what harm could be wrought by financial speculation. In his 1936…More
What A Carbon Price Really Means To You
Just two years ago, dealing with climate change was "the greatest moral challenge of our…More
Debt Ceiling Lifted But Something's Gotta Give
The standoffs in the US Congress over the last few days have shifted the world’s…More
A Carbon Tax Won't Blow Household Budgets
Listening to radio shock jocks and Opposition politicians, one may believe that Australians, already suffering…More
Why Abbott's Budget Is Economic Twaddle
Tony Abbott’s budget reply was visionary — a vision of Australia 10 or 20 years from…More
A Mostly Harmless Budget
Conservatism is an easy path for we are more apt to criticise a government for…More