“There is,” said an Italian philosopher, “nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” When the world needs inspiration, courage, integrity and resolve, we are dished up leaders like Trump, Boris and…
Continued from: Was COVID-19 born in the United States? (part 1) By Outsider In late February 2020 financial manipulation had characterised stock market transactions worldwide. The stock value of airlines companies collapsed overnight. Those who had ‘foreknowledge’ of President Trump’s 11 March decision to ban transatlantic flights from European Union countries made a bundle of money.…
Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Rise of the superstar firms: Taking oligopoly seriously in macroeconomics – VOX How much UBI spending should go to children? – UBI Centre Stocks Don’t Care About the Coup – The Atlantic Markets upbeat on Yellen’s push for large fiscal stimulus – Business Times Americas: 900,000 filed for jobless
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The time has come to call out American Liberals (corporate political insiders, suburban wine mums and Karens) for the 21st Century aristocrats that they are. These preening dandies, who are usually doing alright financially, obsess over ‘decency, honesty, integrity’, the aristocratic response to liberté, égalité, fraternité. This is their focus. Mere rhetoric. No action, for…
By John Haly Just when we thought 2020 was finished, 2021 got off to a foreboding start as Americans attacked their own capitol building in scenes reminiscent of some third world coup. Fortunately, it was completely unsuccessful. Trump has ignominiously left office with a whimper rather than any fanfare. Still, it is worth reviewing this…
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Asian stock markets end the week on a poor note, having absorbed the Biden inauguration and initial policy reversals, with commodity currencies weaker against USD as gold and silver remain relatively steady. Bitcoin briefly dipped below the $30K level but has had a small boost this afternoon, but is this enough to stave off a
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Tasmanian government signs MoU with Woodside to support 10MW electrolyser project, to deliver blended hydrogen in main gas network.
Princeton study says the US can reach net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner and, if properly managed, it won’t break the bank.
See our Coronavirus data Dashboard for individual country data. COVID-19 statistics and cases around the World Europe United States US COVID-19 deaths compared to other major events COVID-19 deaths in the US have now surpassed the number of American military fatalities during World War II. Israel More COVID-19 Statistics and
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The latest private health insurance coverage data from APRA revealed that the private health hospital coverage of adults fell to a new low of 43.8%, and has fallen by 3.3% since the Coalition took office in 2013: Separate annual data from APRA also shows that coverage has collapsed amongst healthy young cohorts while rising among the
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CBA has released its household spending intentions for December, which remain bullish as Australians emerge from COVID restrictions: Summary The Household Spending Intentions (HSI) series for December 2020 showed that at the end of last year there was a very welcome improvement in spending intentions for Travel, Health & Fitness, Entertainment and Motor Vehicles. Home
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CoreLogic has released its Q4 Auction Report, which shows the market booming as 2020 drew to an end: CoreLogic’s Auction Market Review for the December quarter 2020 saw the combined capital city clearance rate continue to strengthen, while auction volumes increased by 44 per cent over the same period. The combined capital city clearance rate
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