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Why Australia is not Ireland

April 20, 2009 – 4:17 pm

Paul Krugman has a good piece today on the plight of the Irish economy, it’s headed towards depression. Two reasons (no doubt there are more) why Australia is (not yet) headed that way too is the strong fiscal position and strong banking sector (well-regulated) that was built up in Australia during our recent long boom. [...]

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The yellow peril is back

March 31, 2009 – 11:37 am

Former AusAID manager, Mark Thomson writes:
The tiny coterie of regular readers of this blog will know I’m no fan of the ruling regime in China. I am a strident critic of China’s human rights record and its colonial repression of Tibet. However, the recent foray of senior Opposition politicians into the realms of fear and [...]

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History favours Rudd’s race to the polls

February 12, 2009 – 9:12 pm

For some reason, new Federal Governments seem impelled to head to the polls early. One reason may be that they seem almost guaranteed of getting re-elected. Elected in March 1996, Howard was back at the polls in October 1998 – 2 years seven months. That’s a long time. Howard had a very up and down [...]

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Will Rudd’s ’social capitalism’ fly?

February 1, 2009 – 4:00 pm

Labour, and social democratic, politicians have spent the past few decades, since the bankruptcy of socialism as a workable ideology, searching for new ways to distinguish themselves intellectually from their conservative opponents while essentially cleaving to the same ideology which appeals to business and middle class constituents.
Rudd’s ’social capitalism’ to be outlined in an essay [...]

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