by Colin Teese Now that the tumult and the shouting has died down, it is time to look behind the mere pages of the “Palace Papers”, and to examine in detail some of the less considered aspects of what happened on Armistice Day 1975. But first, let’s sweep aside some of the headline stuff. Did…
by Colin Teese Covid19 has exposed how unbalanced our economy is Resurgence of virus has put return to normal on hold Business will push for its old favourite: a hike in the GST Don’t let the Government or, for that matter, the Opposition, try to tell you that the fundamentals of our economy are sound.…
CAPITAL AND IDEOLOGY by Thomas Piketty Belknap Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts Hardcover: 1,104 pages Price: AUD$79.99 Reviewed by Colin Teese Back in 2014, French academic economist Thomas Piketty published Capital in the Twenty-First Century. His aim was to codify what he called the “grand dynamics” that drove the accumulation and distribution of capital. He brought to…
by Colin Teese The experiment of globalisation, and the policies that sustain it, are pretty much stressed out. This marks the second failure of globalisation. The first, in the late 19th century, also failed. Yet, despite its earlier failure, globalisation did make a comeback. In the year 2000, U.S. think tank the Centre for Economic…
