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The Great Malaise

October 5, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A Great Malaise is haunting the world. It is partly an economic illness, and partly a state of mind. The two are related, and bound to each other in a …

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Politics

“The Daily Chrenk” and Donald Trump caught in a tax scandal

October 3, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I have a cunning plan. I’m intend to withdraw all my savings and invest them in “The Daily Chrenk”. Then, when the current financial year comes to a close and …

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scomo
Politics

How we stopped worrying about the financial apocalypse and started to enjoy life (beyond our means)

September 7, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Malcolm Farr asks the question this afternoon, “How does the Coalition sell its budget cuts when our economy continues to grow?” The short answer is: not very well. As Farr …

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Politics

Can you run the Dutch oven on renewables?

September 6, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

News from Holland to warm one’s heart and the atmosphere: Dutch greenhouse gas emissions rose by 5 per cent in 2015 from a year earlier, Statistics Netherlands says, again highlighting …

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HK1
Politics

Capitalism, big and small

August 31, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Lung Wo Road and Connaught Road Central reach for the sky. The ground erupts here with steel and glass and stone buildings that tower 20, 40, 60 storeys over the …

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welfare
Politics

In her shoes, or some thoughts about welfare

August 26, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A short “putting human face to a political debate” article appeared in “The Australian” this morning that bears quoting almost in full: Melbourne mother of eight Helen Liumaihetau thinks Scott …

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Brisbane2028
Culture / Happiness / Life

Should Brisbane bid for the 2028 Olympics?

August 16, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As everyone knows, there are a few things that bore me more than sport, and particularly reading and writing about it, but we’re talking about my backyard (literally; I think …

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Trillion Dollar Bill
Politics

$19,400,000,000,000

July 21, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

While all the children in both the Republican and the Democratic Parties are throwing sand around, pulling faces at each other and pissing in the sandpit, the US federal debt …

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Politics

The Great Malaise: First the US and the UK, France next

July 7, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

We are living in the midst of the Great Malaise, the time of cynicism, disenchantment and distrust. The elites are revolting against the masses and the masses are revolting against …

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turnbull
Politics

Chrenk’s election post-mortem-palooza

July 5, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

It’s possible that with Malcolm Turnbull as the Prime Minister, the Liberal/National Coalition avoided a landslide defeat at the hands of Bill Shorten’s Labor. It’s possible that had Tony Abbott …

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shorten1
Politics

Of roots in brothels and dreadful campaigns

June 29, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Earlier today I set up two A-frames on the side of a busy local road and campaigned for my old mate Trevor Evans, if standing next to two A-frames on …

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EUsmall
Politics

Shock new EU memo, or why the EU still doesn’t get it

June 28, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The European Union says they get it. Then they show they don’t. This is pretty much the only conclusion I can draw from reading a leaked copy of the post-Brexit …

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tradies
Politics

Real tradies, and the really real tradies

June 21, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

So the Liberal Party put up a tradie ad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fse0sm05V-8 The ad was mercilessly ridiculed on the social media, in part because the tradie was supposedly a fake tradie. Though he …

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bill
Politics

Labor’s 10 Year Plan For Making The Shit Up

June 8, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Earlier today, Labor have released a 32-page booklet called “10 Year Plan for Australia’s Economy”, probably because “5 Year Plan for Australia’s Economy” is no longer considered a thing on …

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bernie
Politics

Does socialism work? Asking for a friend

June 8, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Young kids come to me on the street these days and ask: “Hey, Arthur, you were born and grew up in a communist country, didn’t you? So tell us, does …

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CFMEU3
Politics

The experts have spoken

June 3, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As most of you might be aware by now, over the last few weeks and in the course of the federal election campaign, I have developed a deep and personal …

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Politics

Our revolting elites

May 31, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Just in case you’re still wondering what is causing the Donald Trump phenomenon, you could do worse than read any of Michael Lewis’ recent books. Not that people who support …

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flag
Politics

Why we’re in the shit we’re in…

May 26, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Want to know why Trump is about to become the Republican nominee and why Bernie is almost the Democrat nominee (though is unlikely to get there in the end)? Thanks …

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Certainty
Politics

The end of the end of certainty

May 25, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

With apologies to Paul Kelly, the era of economic reform in Australia is over. As is the era of a smaller, if not exactly small, government. Twenty-four years ago, Kelly …

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90s
Culture / Life / Politics

On missing the 1990s

May 24, 2016May 17, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I miss the ’90s. I never thought I would say that, but there it is. As a Gen X, I’m a child of the ’80s, albeit as experienced on the …

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