News + Views, December 2016
Treasury rediscovers economic sense, 9 December ' Glory be, Treasury has finally accepted that the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd governments did a...
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Gary Scarrabelotti
- Dec 16, 2016
- 5 min
Death of a luncheon
On the fragility of human judgments. A typical Saturday: morning walk; spot of gardening; café luncheon; The Weekend Australian. (I would...
Pete Jonson
- Dec 4, 2016
- 3 min
Sunday Sanity Break, 4 December 2016 - 'Mad Dog' Mattis to run global defence
Well shiver me timbers, comrades, summer has come and the Turnbull government has had some wins. So far at least 'summer' in Melbourne is...
Pete Jonson
- Nov 27, 2016
- 4 min
News + Views, November 2016
Was Marx correct, 5 November Australia's five PMs in a few years is a sign that there are intractable problems that fail to be understood...
Pete Jonson
- Nov 12, 2016
- 3 min
Sunday Sanity Break, 13 November 2016 - storm warning for elites
President-elect Trump's stunning win over Hillary Clinton is a storm warning for conventional politicians everywhere. The political...
Fiona Prior
- Nov 5, 2016
- 4 min
Saturday Sanity Break, 5 November 2016 - could Marx be right?
How will we cope if the voters of America elect either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, which seems likely? With just a few days until...
Pete Jonson
- Oct 28, 2016
- 4 min
News + Views, October 2016
The coming crisis - domestic, Banana Republic #2. 10 October The Oz reports today: 'Australia’s foreign debt has hit “extreme” levels...
Pete Jonson
- Oct 22, 2016
- 3 min
Saturday Sanity Break, 22 October 2016 - pollies v technocrats
Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, recently dared to note that modern monetary policy, notably near zero interest rates...
PD Jonson
- Oct 17, 2016
- 8 min
Preface to Confessions of a Monetary Policy Tragic
My new red peddle car was stolen on my first day at kindergarten. I was an average performer at school, below average after a severe...
Pete Jonson
- Oct 16, 2016
- 2 min
Sunday Sanity Break, 16 October 2016 - roasting the elites
There are increasing signs of a backlash against globalisation, free trade and the dominance of so-called ‘elites’. Self-confessed...
Pete Jonson
- Oct 13, 2016
- 3 min
President Obama reflects
With two such current candidates, there can be no doubt that American politics has many flaws. An article in the latest edition of The...
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