This is part 4 of the multi-part series “Fixing Oz Banks”. Earlier parts appear below: Part 1 – Fixing Oz Banks: Why is “taking deposits” so important to bank “lending”? Part […]
Fixing Oz Banks Pt 4: One small step at a time
Fixing Oz Banks Pt 3: The best way to create deposits? – The RBA v the private banks
This is part 3 of the multi-part series “Fixing Oz Banks”. Earlier parts appear below: Part 1 – Fixing Oz Banks: Why is “taking deposits” so important to bank “lending”? Part […]
Fixing Oz Banks Pt 2: Banks ‘leaning’ on the public
In the previous post “Fixing Oz Banks: Why is “taking deposits” so important to bank “lending”?” we considered the features of banks that make them “special” and different to non-banks. Those features include: […]
Fixing Oz Banks Pt 1: Why is “taking deposits” so important to bank “lending”?
Recent Glass Pyramids posts “MyRBA: Banking without the banks” and “Fixing Oz Banks: The critical Bank Royal Commission reform” have discussed some major reforms to Australian banking including the introduction of MyRBA […]
Fixing Oz Banks: The critical Bank Royal Commission reform
The Banking Royal Commission is still in full flight and doing a great job turning a spotlight on the rotten, murky and often crooked Australian banking system but one desperately needed reform […]
Trade Wars: Working with China to fight “vested interests”
This recent Glass Pyramid post “Trade Wars – Easy to stop and even easier to avoid” discussed how trade wars are not determined by the unilateral actions of one country. The post […]
Trade Wars! Easy to stop and even easier to avoid
Nothing sells newspapers like using the word “WAR” in a headline in a large font. Even if the most dramatic feature of the mighty conflict is a small tariff on a shipment […]
Crystal Balls – When will Aussie house prices crash?
Nothing generates more interest in living rooms across Australia than predictions about the future of the Great Australian House Price bubble. Generally the Glass Pyramid avoids this “popcorn” pastime, and today is […]
Fixing Public Money: Is a Gold Standard the solution?
One thing that is increasingly obvious is that the current model used by much of the world for managing public monetary systems is fundamentally broken. Instead of serving the public interest modern […]
MyRBA: Banking without the banks
There were always limits to what the Banking Royal Commission could do in the time available and within the restrictive terms of reference set by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. However, one thing […]
Another dud FTA deal: Aus-EU-FTA is on the way
After a dismal record of failure, the enthusiasm of the ideological extremists in the Turnbull government for Free Trade Agreements is as strong as ever. They are now proposing that Australia […]
Building a Big Australia…… the honest way.
The debate about how big the population of Australia should be and how quickly we get there would be a lot more civilised if those promoting a Big Australia were more honest […]
How a National Export Volume Auction (NEVA) could help Western Australia.
The people of Western Australia have long been irritated by the entitled attitudes of the ‘Eastern States” and Canberra and often with good reason. With the rise of neoliberalism, the Australian economic […]
How to fix what the Banking Royal Commission has found is broken
While most Australians have been shocked by the dodgy, crooked and corrupt practices that have been revealed by the Banking Royal Commission, there is a widespread view that after a bit of […]
Will the Banking Royal Commission ‘pop’ the Liberal Party’s housing bubble?
The Banking Royal Commission has been dredging up more banking and finance muck than a plumber’s sewer pump, with the government complaining and making excuses every step of the way. Will this […]
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