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If you wanted to get a quick update on the various schools of analysis after the release of the Australian Labor Government 2011 Federal Budget here are some short extracts and links to pieces representatives of the major camps in the [...]
The immigration debate has all the attributes of a barbecue stopper. Refugee advocates campaign on the necessity for compassion, whereas border vigilantes focus on deterring people smugglers and the threat on the perceived current social and economic harmony. Whilst both camps vehemently disagree, they share the strong belief of the definitive self evident nature of [...]
It’s Thanksgiving, and Christmas is fast approaching. So here is a little seasonal present from the theOtherSchoolOfEconomics.org coming from some research done in the past months.
A brief high level presentation on trends that are likely to impact ‘the system’ in the next 3 to 5 years, with a slight focus on the financial [...]
You all did love him once, not without cause
- Julius Caesar Act III, Scene 2
Iron Chef, every Saturday night on SBS
In some respect, the political assassination of Kevin Rudd was executed like a reality TV show.
Millions of viewers watched live on prime time TV political correspondents turning into a bunch of Iron Chef Commentators: “skuza! [...]
The Commonwealth Conundrum
The Australian Commonwealth economic conundrum is the result of significant regional imbalances between states.
Western Australia is busy digging up dirt and selling it to China,…
Remember Midnight Oil’s Blue Sky Mine?
“But if I work all day on the blue sky mine
(There’ll be food on the table tonight)
Still I walk up and down [...]
Your correspondent wished he had Paul K by his side over the umpteenth dinner conversation about the compared merits and benefits of two slightly different proposals ofsocial and economic infrastructures:
- On the one hand, a model mostly predominant in ‘Anglo-Saxon countries’ (although they tend to be offended by this broad generalization). A perceived low tax [...]
Antipodean cousins meet on the podium.
The impasse of traditional economics to measure well-being and happiness is an ongoing source of debate. This why beyond the anecdotal fun facts, the publication of the latest Quality Of Life Index by International Living is a worthwhile initiative.
2010 vintage sees France get Gold, while Silver goes to Australia.
Why does [...]
The climate change debate moved to a new level of maturity and clear thinking in Australia when the Liberal party’s Senate leader, Nick Minchin declared on ABC 4 Corners:
“For the extreme left it provides the opportunity to do what they’ve always wanted to do – to sort of de-industrialise the Western world,”
”The collapse of communism [...]
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