Richard Denniss‘ article is published in Dissent.com.au number30
He looks at income tax rates introduced by the Hawke and Rudd governments.
A few points:
- If the government wants incentives to make low-income earners ‘get off their bums’ why cut tax for high-incomes?
- Contrary to common ‘perception’ Australia is a fairly low tax country.
- The system has become less [...]
GFC as a Bohemian Bankruptcy, a la Queen
The previous post was about 1 picture worth 1000 words.
This one is an alternative in video…
- lfo
Source: Barry Ritholtz
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Miossec – On était tellement de gauche_24_10_2009.mp4 (8837 KB)
French version of [ @BradFidler http://is.gd/4yqA3 ] : Christophe Miossec
Christophe Miossec [Website] & [en.wikipedia]. Singer and songwriter. Born in Britany. Unique style: wry, world-weary lyrics and the sparse, stripped-down musical backdrop. His firts album ‘Boire’ (Drink) was names album of the year by [...]
Joe Biden had a question.
During a long Sunday meeting with President Obama and top national-security advisers on Sept. 13, the VP interjected,
“Can I just clarify a factual point? How much will we spend this year on Afghanistan?”
Someone provided the figure: $65 billion.
“And how much will we spend on Pakistan?” Another figure was supplied: $2.25 billion.
“Well, [...]
The recent review of three books about Keynes’ ideas by the Economist is a timely prompt to:
a – read about John Maynard to understand his legacy, and
b – discover the work of sir Robert Skidelsky: http://www.skidelskyr.com
Skidlesky wants a more holistic teaching of economics that plays down maths. In the policy world, he wants to “restrict [...]
According to the Finish media the government is preparing to make 1Mb Broadband internet access a legal right from next July 2010.
http://tr.im/Ccoa
It had already decided to make a 100 Mb broadband connection a legal right by the end of 2015. The 1Mb Broadband access becomes the 1st step in this direction.
Practical operational measures have not been shared [...]
Today POTUS {aka the PresidentOfTheUS} has received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
Today NASA is also bombing the moon, in a totally peaceful manner.
The internet has gone loco to celebrate both achievements.
A few points regarding the first terrestrial matter:
The extend of what Barack Obama has achieved in a few months is somehow difficult to appreciate [...]
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