Politics

Recollections and Prognostications of an Octogenarian

SEVENTY-ODD years ago in my early teens I made my first visit to Burnie. I had boarded the train at the then...

A looming disaster

In his 1974bookThe American Marxist, early life metal worker, thinker and writer Harry Braverman discussed the question of where the critical power...

TT’s Tasmanian of the Year on Australian Story

This program is about an unlikely alliance between a GP, a group of oyster farmers and a Sydney scientist. They banded together...

The Trial of Michelle O’Byrne: A Public Address

Peter Cundall, hero. Rupert Murdoch, villain

THE REACTION to my last piece HEREwas greatly heartening, despite the odd grumble. As a consequence, I have made an acquaintance with...

The great reckoning begins

Ken Henry and David Gruen of Treasury should spend less time sneering at Barnaby Joyce and more time contemplating the unfolding calamity...

Globalization Is Killing The Globe: Return to Local Economies

SPAIN AND GREECE are facing immediate crises that many other European nations see on the near horizon: aging boomer workers are retiring...

How to invest for a global-debt-bomb explosion

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Wake up investors. Are you prepared for the economic anarchy coming after a global-debt time bomb explodes?...

Global Trade Imbalances as a Statistical Artifact

Today, the latest spin that purports to describe the still unfolding global economic crisis is that of ‘global trade imbalance’, with particular...