Coronavirus tipped us into recession – a recession made inevitable by two decades of policy failures
There is a natural desire for people to compare this current 2020-21 economic recession to earlier ones, with the most obvious…
Our ruling Kakistocracy
Studies have shown that cognitive diversity can improve the effectiveness of thinking and quality of decision making in groups. This is in part…
Superannuation reform requires more than putting lipstick on a pig
H.L. Mencken once wrote that “for every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong”. But when…
Another supercilious superannuation superimposition
Here’s a little nugget that the superannuation ticket clippers won’t tell you. Early Covid related superannuation withdrawals come with a…
The National Black Hole Network
Perhaps thinking he was helping to promote the financial strength of the NBN, Tony Boyd noted in the Australian Financial…
The superannuation skimmers
When it comes to sneaky and deceptive ways to separate citizens from their money, there is no better system than…
Meditations on Pyong-Dan
Maybe it is time to rename the Murray River. Would not a more apt name be the Yalu River? After…
A pyromaniac in a field of straw men
In 1936, in the preface to the German version of his General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, John Maynard…
The other virus
The barbarians are not at the gate. The barbarians are manning the gate. And they decide who gets in and who stays in. …
Masterchef Canberra
If you are in the souffle business and you keep delivering broken crackers, no amount of increase in ingredients and…
