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The art of economics
Many people wonder why economists seem unable to ever successfully predict anything. Managing editor David Donovan says the reason is simple: it’s because economics is an art — not a science. Read the...
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Masters of the universe and the efficient markets myth
There is no such thing as an “invisible hand” guiding the market, just a whole lot of real hands, says former investment banker – and IA managing editor – David Donovan. Read the other parts of this...
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The case of the Bumbling Bureaucrat
Four Corners’ exposé this week on the betrayal of our aged by managed investments schemes ignored the corporate regulator’s role in this debacle, says Mason initial P. Click on the image to watch ABC...
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Facts speak for themselves — Australia still lucky country
Despite the News Ltd media and the Coalition talking down our economy at every turn, Australia truly is an economic marvel. Matthew Donovan crunches the numbers. THERE HAS been a lot of misinformation...
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Time to end Tony Abbott’s deceitful debt scare campaign
Tony Abbott, aided by an increasingly willing and partisan mainstream media, has been fostering public misperceptions and fear around national debt and the GFC. Matthew N. Donovan blows the lid on...
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How debt peonage dispossesses the masses
Why, after 200 years of industrialisation, are Westerners generally poor, overworked and swamped by debt, asks Matthew Mitchell. WHY, after more than 200 years of industrialisation, are most...
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Who is the Reserve Bank really looking after?
In Australia today, there is very little concern about how much influence the RBA has over the structure and direction of the Australian economy, writes Murray Hunter. WITH AN Australian dollar 10 per...
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Watch out resource investors — carbon bubble set to pop
A new report says most fossil fuels must stay in the ground if the world’s to meet its carbon targets — something you probably never heard from the resource companies you invested your super with. Guy...
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Big business besieged Fairfax is un-Manning the barricades
Fairfax’s sacking of brave whistleblower, financial reporter Paddy Manning, marks a sad turning point in the history of Australian journalism, writes Associate Professor Evan Jones. Sacked Fairfax...
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The NAB, small business and the wilful ignorance of judges
The National Australia Bank claim to be the bank of small business — but they are anything but, explains Australia’s leading exposer of bad banks, Associate Professor Evan Jones. THE NATIONAL...
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