The Australian Financial Review has been providing a lot of ‘supportive’ coverage for the promoters of the new “Build to Let” housing model. Now that it appears that Mr Scott Morrison is […]
Is Australia becoming a colony again? And who is the coloniser?
Colonialism is often in the news and as a ‘former’ colony Australians might have some sympathy for the Indian perspective presented by Shashi Tharoor for the affirmative side of this debate “Does […]
APRA and credit creation regulation: Economic secret business
It is that day of the month when the RBA board meets to pluck some wings off bats, boil them with eyes of newt and distil the resulting mixture down to an […]
Australia’s sick housing markets: Why we need a vacancy rate target of 4-5%
The latest “instant noodle” solution to Australia’s housing affordability crisis is “Build to rent”. Rather than have “normal” people be able to buy a block of land in one of the largest […]
Ending the era of speculation – An economic reform plan for the ALP and Australia
So the Turnbull government is blowing itself up day by day and poll by poll. It seems as though fanatics in the government cannot wait for the policy ‘purity’ opportunities of being […]
Population Pressures: Why isn’t decentralisation working in Australia?
Decentralisation is only a pipe dream whilst we are running an economic model and strategy that has centralisation baked in. Bernard Salt and George Megalogenous continually ignore what is driving the population […]
Fed Watch: Asset Swap myths, legends and other bulldust
A report in Bloomberg states that there is talk that the US Federal Reserve ‘might’ start reducing its $7 Trillion dollar mountain of mortgage backed securities. This rumour concerns one of the […]
APRA Watch: Bank regulation by smoke and mirrors
Today on Macrobusiness.com.au another excellent Deep T journey down through the house of mirrors that is APRA’s regulation of Australian private bank credit creation. Unquestionably absurd. If a casual observer thought this APRA […]
Balanced Budgets: What drives that mania?
The “balanced budget paradox” is an interesting paradox as the implications of it are obvious but many remain oblivious to them. It would seem that hiding in plain sight remains an excellent […]
Australian Banks : The bit Anna Bligh does NOT talk about
Anna Bligh, in her new role in political retirement as spruiker in chief for the interests of the Australian private banks, gave a speech yesterday at the Australian Press club in Canberra. […]
Banking Royal Commission: Bowen says do the job right!
Mr Bowen, the Shadow Treasurer, has given a speech in which he is reported to have made clear that a Royal Commission into banking must be thorough and carefully look at the banking […]
Bligh and Baird: Brazen private bank spruikers.
Nothing like an industrial grade testing of the gag reflex first thing on a Monday morning! A flock of recently retired senior politicians from the major parties are out and about, with […]
The Greens: Can they avoid the fate of the Australian Democrats?
Are the Greens on a slide that ends in oblivion or just suffering a loss of direction? Across the land many are wondering. Everyday, the Greens become more and more like the […]
Usury – Always bad or only sometimes?
Over the weekend regular MB commenter “footsore” linked to an article regarding usury (charging of interest) and how and why it become ‘respectable’ (**cough cough**) after a long history of prohibition, restriction and […]
Bankers Attack: South Australia must stand firm on Bank Levy
This morning on Macrobusiness there was a call for the state governments across Australia to work together to support a Bank Levy that is distributed to the states and not Canberra. “..The […]
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