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Full Employment… how a modern economy should operate.

Good ideas are rare these days. Most of what we hear as a new idea is usually one rebranded from long ago and dollied up to sound… Read more “Full Employment… how a modern economy should operate.”

June 17, 2016 by John Kelly

The Folly of Neo-Liberals

It is utterly appalling that the deteriorating state of the Australian economy is being swept under the carpet while Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison continually tell the… Read more “The Folly of Neo-Liberals”

June 7, 2016 by John Kelly

Growth Numbers Conceal a Fragile Economy

To most readers here, it should come as no surprise that the average Australian did not share in the current economic growth the nation experienced over the… Read more “Growth Numbers Conceal a Fragile Economy”

June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 by John Kelly

The Turnbull/Shorten Debate Experience

Televised debates between party leaders has been with us for some time now. The fact that they mean little in the broader scheme of things is, apparently,… Read more “The Turnbull/Shorten Debate Experience”

May 31, 2016 by John Kelly

Scoring the Treasurers’ Debate

The National Press Club Treasurers’ Debate held today was one where the average voter, having watched it, would have come away feeling the wrong man was in… Read more “Scoring the Treasurers’ Debate”

May 28, 2016 by John Kelly

Flagship Flailing, Coalition Failing

We are now well into the second week of the election campaign and it would seem the Coalition is starting to feel the heat. Their first wake-up… Read more “Flagship Flailing, Coalition Failing”

May 22, 2016 by John Kelly

That’s not how the system works.

The agony of choice; tax cuts to companies and those earning above $80,000 a year, or providing a better education for a young man’s daughters. Tax cuts… Read more “That’s not how the system works.”

May 18, 2016 by John Kelly

‘Jobs and Growth’ Mantra to Haunt Morrison from now on.

If you thought the end of Tony Abbott’s reign as Prime Minister would see the end of the three word slogan, think again. The latest one, ‘jobs… Read more “‘Jobs and Growth’ Mantra to Haunt Morrison from now on.”

May 18, 2016 by John Kelly

A Collective of Idiots

Three important articles have been published this month that highlight the declining state of the Australian economy. Despite the rhetoric from leading government members, things are not… Read more “A Collective of Idiots”

May 18, 2016 by John Kelly

The Smokescreen of Ignorance

For much of the last five years the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Madame Christine Lagarde, has been preaching austerity and savagely “bullying governments to run… Read more “The Smokescreen of Ignorance”

May 18, 2016 by John Kelly

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