Category Archives: Finance

Back to the Future

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Anthony

  Well, I’m back, after a brief – if you can call a month or more ‘brief’ – distraction, (business… Blaagh, don’t ask). Now, where was I? Oh yes, I remember. I was savouring Fox News’s discomfort at Obama’s victory. … Continue reading →

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We’re off to see the Economy, the wonderful economy of Oz…

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Anthony

Last night, within a matter of minutes of each other, I heard two politicians  assert, with considerable, er… passion I might add, that the Economy must be protected at all costs. Wow, I thought, this Economy must be important. And … Continue reading →

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*Trickle Up or Trickle Down… Defying Gravity

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Anthony

‘Same policies, different managers,’ used to pretty much sum up Oz politics in recent years. Not any more though. Polarisation is on a roll. Problem is, in a post Cold War world, terms like Left and Right no longer mean a whole … Continue reading →

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International Finance – It’s All Greek To Me

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Anthony

Okay, so let me see if I understand this whole Greek thing. Greece is up to its ?????? (I’m reliably informed that this is Greek for cojones), in debt and cannot afford even the interest payments given current levels of productivity … Continue reading →

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