Explaining to people that surplus budgets threaten peoples’ savings is probably the best way to improve their understanding of a national economy and help rid us of… Read more “Government Surpluses Threaten Consumers’ Savings”
Month: February 2016
A Government of Amateurs
Scott Morrison’s own ideology has come back to bite him and his government where it hurts; their own credibility as economic managers is in tatters. Read… Read more “A Government of Amateurs”
Is the pressure starting to tell on Malcolm Turnbull?
In challenging and winning the Liberal party leadership and the prize of becoming prime minister, he was responsible for sending a wave of relief across the country.… Read more “Is the pressure starting to tell on Malcolm Turnbull?”
No jobs, no growth, but lots of spin
If it were serious about jobs and growth, the government, as the currency issuer, has it within its capacity to employ our under-utilised workforce in a broad… Read more “No jobs, no growth, but lots of spin”
What was he saying?
The address by Scott Morrison at the National Press Club and his subsequent interview with Leigh Sales on Wednesday evening was, to say the least, uninspiring. Much… Read more “What was he saying?”
The Neo-liberal Juggernaut Rolls On
The Coalition promised a lot in 2013, yet in the two and a half years since becoming the government, they could not boast one measurable statistic that… Read more “The Neo-liberal Juggernaut Rolls On”
Undermining prosperity and subverting public pupose
If you believe nothing of what politicians tell you leading up to this election, you will be the better for it. If you want to learn the… Read more “Undermining prosperity and subverting public pupose”
It’s all just numbers in a computer
The strength of a nation’s wealth is its GDP, its gross domestic product, its ability to produce goods and services that people here and overseas want to… Read more “It’s all just numbers in a computer”
Disunity is death and the Liberals have it in Buckets
From memory John Howard was the first to say, “Disunity is death” when referring to political parties, although just about everyone in politics says it now. And,… Read more “Disunity is death and the Liberals have it in Buckets”
The gift that keeps on giving.
The media is in a spin over all this chatter about the possibility that former PM Tony Abbott might make another run for the top job. Abbott… Read more “The gift that keeps on giving.”
THE VIEW FROM MY GARDEN 