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Fixing the Parramatta Light Rail fiasco and public transport vandalism.

By The Glass Pyramid on 09/04/2018 • ( 10 Comments )

The proposed Parramatta Light Rail is a complete fiasco. The cost is blowing out to $3.5 B ……which makes blowing $2.5B on rebuilding 3 stadiums sound like good value! A historic pub will […]

The Greens and our Banking “problem”

By The Glass Pyramid on 05/04/2018 • ( 4 Comments )

After watching the speech by Leader of the Greens Richard Di Natale at the National Press Club yesterday it is clear that the Greens understand the importance of fixing our Australian banking  […]

APRA and the Oz house price bubble

By The Glass Pyramid on 29/03/2018 • ( 6 Comments )

This morning Macrobusiness neatly contrasted The Australian’s coverage of the evidence of Mr Wayner Byers, head of APRA, to the House Economics Committee, “..Mr Byres said APRA was not responsible for policing much of […]

Debt-ogenics: Why was it harder to get a home loan in the 1980’s?

By The Glass Pyramid on 28/03/2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Why was it harder to get a home loan in the 1980s? Back in the “olden days” there was still a very good understanding of the economic significance of private bank credit […]

The “Private Banking Apologist” Weekend Challenge

By The Glass Pyramid on 03/03/2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Yes it is back !. Last weekend saw some reliable ‘go to’ private banking enthusiasts plunge in and splash around at the shallow end of the pool but with few useful contributions. […]

Australia fixed it’s gun problem: Now it should fix it’s ‘private bank’ problem.

By The Glass Pyramid on 18/02/2018 • ( Leave a comment )

One of the most effective lines peddled by the National Rifle Association ‘NRA’ in the USA in relation to gun regulation is that guns don’t kill people, people kill people. The NRA […]

Renting in Australia: Some signs of health

By The Glass Pyramid on 17/01/2018 • ( Leave a comment )

SQM has. published new data on the level is vacancies in the rental markets across Australia. http://www.sqmresearch.com.au/graph_vacancy.php?region=nsw%3A%3ASydney&type=c&t=q Signs of improvement in Sydney (2.6%) and Brisbane (3.8%) but still tight as ever in […]

Policy paralysis: Capital flows from China.

By The Glass Pyramid on 08/12/2017 • ( 2 Comments )

A lot of people spend a lot of time engaging in the reading of Chinese government tea leaves. It is the modern equivalent of the Cold War exercise of Kreminology where platoons […]

Bank “Junk Food” credit, macroprudential and the Australian Banking Royal Commission

By The Glass Pyramid on 07/12/2017 • ( Leave a comment )

With all the excitement surrounding the announcement of a Royal Commission into Australian banks, a few have asked whether there are less drastic options than those recommended by the Glass Pyramid in […]

Real economic reform starts with a Banking Royal Commission

By The Glass Pyramid on 04/12/2017 • ( 4 Comments )

What a week it has been. The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Treasurer Scott Morrison have been dragged kicking and screaming by the public, the opposition and even members of their […]

Banker Panic ! Why a Royal Commission is so important.

By The Glass Pyramid on 02/12/2017 • ( 1 Comment )

What a week it has been. The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Treasurer Scott Morrison have been dragged kicking and screaming by the public, the opposition and even members of their […]

Fixing politics:  How to get rid of political hacks and vote for change in Australia

By The Glass Pyramid on 09/11/2017 • ( 6 Comments )

Are you completely fed up with Australian politics? Fed up with career politicians who can’t even read the constitution and renounce claims to privileges granted to them by foreign powers? Fed up […]

A 3 Step Plan to drain the Australian economic swamp

By The Glass Pyramid on 07/11/2017 • ( 2 Comments )

The Bank of American Merrill Lynch reportedly thinks the RBA monetary policy lever might be broken, while many other are concerned that the rising levels of interest bearing public debt incurred by […]

What do people mean when they say “Sydney is full”

By The Glass Pyramid on 04/11/2017 • ( 8 Comments )

The media in Sydney is currently full to the brim with stories about the fullness of Sydney. Some people like former NSW Premier Mr Bob Carr reckon Sydney was full 20 years […]

A Productive Banking system? A job for RBA and APRA.

By The Glass Pyramid on 02/11/2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Macrobusiness ran a post today about a suggestion that Central Banks like The Reserve Bank of Australia should target nominal GDP growth.  The article was critical of the proposal and identified the […]

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