The Evidence Is Clear: Population Growth and Prosperity Are NOT Linked
An in-depth analysis of why the assertion that more population growth promotes higher living standards is bunk.
Read more...Category Archives: Australia
Salvation Army Slams New Zealand’s Loose Immigration Policy for Hurting Local Workers
Immigration is a hot topic in the antipodes too, for much the same reason as in the US….the impact on jobs and wage rates.
Read more...How the Housing Bubble is Remaking Australia’s Class Structure
How the housing bubble is restructuring Australian society. Are the same patterns emerging in your country?
Read more...How Housing Bubbles Destroy Productivity
More evidence that housing bubbles distort economic activity and act as a damper on growth.
Read more...The Brexit Rupture Coming Down Under
Now that the Conservatives are showing more resolve about moving ahead with Brexit, even politicians in Australia are changing course.
Read more...Demand-Driven University Delivers Pay Dirt for Vice-Chancellors
Neoliberal U in Australia.
Read more...Could a Lithium Shortage De-Rail the Electric Car Boom?
Will lithium be the next plastics?
Read more...Central Banks Pushing on Strings Again
More proof that central banks have lost the plot.
Read more...New Zealand Foreign Trusts: the Scandals, the Reforms, and Some Throat-Clearing From the EU
NZ’s promised Foreign Trust reforms still don’t look quite right
Read more...Dodgy New Zealand Companies: Mapping Their Global Footprint Since 2009
New Zealand’s scam companies: a map of their global footprint
Read more...John Helmer: Armchair General Sells Australian Involvement in Ukraine….On Behalf of Arms-Maker-Funded Think Tank
An effort to enlist Australia as an ally of NATO in Ukraine reveals the reach of the military-industrial complex, as well as its methods.
Read more...Cheat Sheet for the Australian Double Dissolution Election This Weekend
A primer for the Australian elections on Saturday. Enjoy!
Read more...Questioning Immigration is Not Racism
Immigration programs need to be socially, economically and politically sustainable or they will generate resentment.
Read more...New Zealand: Icon Sachs (Whatever That is), Fennas Finance, a Bank Account at an ANZ Napier Branch, a Conspiracy Theorist And a Ponzi Scheme
Yet more strange sightings in the New Zealand Register of Companies
Read more...MH17 Coroner Michael Barnes, Australian Lawyers in Head-On Crash With the Rules of Evidence
A MH17 case in Australia violates ECHR rules and has a New South Wales coroner suppressing evidence and Sky News doctoring stories post publication.
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