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Fairfax’s sacking of brave whistleblower, financial reporter Paddy Manning, marks a sad turning point in the history of Australian journalism, writes Associate Professor Evan Jones.
Sacked Fairfax financial journalist and whistleblower,...
20 May, 2013 5:40 pm / 43 comments
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A new report says most fossil fuels must stay in the ground if the world’s to meet its carbon targets — something you probably never heard from the resource companies you invested your super with. Guy Lane reports.
Is the fossil...
2 May, 2013 12:06 am / 9 comments
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In Australia today, there is very little concern about how much influence the RBA has over the structure and direction of the Australian economy, writes Murray Hunter.
WITH AN Australian dollar 10 per cent overvalued according to an IMF...
23 April, 2013 12:01 am / 15 comments
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Why, after 200 years of industrialisation, are Westerners generally poor, overworked and swamped by debt, asks Matthew Mitchell.
WHY, after more than 200 years of industrialisation, are most Westerners so poor?
Despite the massive productive...
21 April, 2013 3:37 pm / 28 comments
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Tony Abbott, aided by an increasingly willing and partisan mainstream media, has been fostering public misconceptions and fear around national debt and the GFC. Matthew N. Donovan blows the lid on another Abbott scare campaign.
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4 April, 2013 1:56 pm / 38 comments
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Despite the News Ltd media and the Coalition talking down our economy at every turn, Australia truly is an economic marvel. Matthew N. Donovan crunches the numbers.
THERE HAS been a lot of misinformation around lately regarding the situation...
18 March, 2013 6:28 pm / 21 comments
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Four Corners’ exposé this week on the betrayal of our aged by managed investments schemes ignored the corporate regulator’s role in this debacle, says Mason initial P.
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10 March, 2013 12:50 pm / 19 comments
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There is no such thing as an “invisible hand” guiding the market, just a whole lot of real hands, says former investment banker – and IA managing editor – David Donovan.
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4 March, 2013 7:09 am / 12 comments
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Many people wonder why economists seem unable to ever successfully predict anything. Managing editor David Donovan says the reason is simple: it’s because economics is an art — not a science.
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1 March, 2013 10:01 am / 19 comments
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The National Australia Bank suffered a drastic “profit slump” last year, only clearing a meagre $4.1 billion last year. Sue Stevenson offers some kindly words of support.
Dear National Australia Bank,
Thank you for your two...
26 February, 2013 8:09 am / 8 comments