Long term economic stagnation, such as we are facing now, poses serious social risks for all nations currently recovering from the GFC. Unemployment, underemployment, a lowering of… Read more “The Case for Overt Monetary Financing”
Here’s something to think about…
Starting a new political party is not that difficult. The recent surge in start-ups demonstrates this. It’s largely just a matter of paperwork. Getting it off the… Read more “Here’s something to think about…”
The Australian Employment Party…a call from the wilderness
What does one do when, as a citizen of a currency issuing nation, one feels disempowered? What does one do when one feels one’s ideology is being ignored, that one… Read more “The Australian Employment Party…a call from the wilderness”
What will it take?
Last week’s farce enacted in parliament, where the government lost control on three voting issues, is but a symptom of a much broader problem. These incidents demonstrated… Read more “What will it take?”
End these Schoolboy Antics Now!
Much has been said about the divisive nature of a plebiscite to decide the question of same-sex marriage. Much has been said about the simplicity of a… Read more “End these Schoolboy Antics Now!”
Oh God! Another Train Wreck
Scott Morrison might be trying to scare us with his latest warnings of a $1 trillion gross debt within a decade, or he might be trying to… Read more “Oh God! Another Train Wreck”
They don’t care about us
We live in a plutocratic world; government for the wealthy, by the wealthy. Politicians everywhere are merely pawns, already compromised before they are elected. Read… Read more “They don’t care about us”
The Myth of Inter-generational Debt
The Commonwealth government gross national debt, which currently stands at $421 billion is not debt in the true sense of the word. When the government borrows, it… Read more “The Myth of Inter-generational Debt”
Sweeter than Wine
While mainstream journalists are frantically trying to work out how they could have got it so wrong and Liberal Party headquarters is already blaming Labor for a… Read more “Sweeter than Wine”
Why the Brexit result should favour Labor
In 2008, when the full impact of the GFC became apparent to the then Secretary to the Department of the Treasury, Ken Henry, his advice to prime minister,… Read more “Why the Brexit result should favour Labor”