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How China aids itself

August 9, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

In the years past, China and Taiwan have engaged in an international bidding war, using foreign aid to buy the recipients’ diplomatic recognition of either regime as the “true China”. …

Politics

July 28, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHY PEOPLE EMBRACE SOCIALISM, PART 568 – Out of ignorance of some important facts: An overwhelming majority—95 percent—of Americans are confused about the state of global poverty. A survey from …

Politics

July 19, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PEW MAKES A STARTLING DISCOVERY ABOUT POPULISM – What would we do without polling organisations? Nationalist populism has become a major force in European politics. But while such populism has …

Politics

July 17, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

$247,000,000,000,000 – Robert Samuelson at the WaPo: The untold story of the world economy — so far at least — is the potentially explosive interaction between the spreading trade war …

Politics

July 13, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE GREAT RETIREMENT ROBBERY – The golden years will be nicer for some than for the majority: For two decades the superannuation industry has extracted more than $700 billion in …

Politics

July 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FROM CHINA WITH LOVE – This is very disturbing: A NSW Labor MP has come under fire over an extraordinary speech promoting China which an academic claims is “propaganda from …

Happiness / Politics

July 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

STATUS: TRUE – Bill Gates on the state of the world: Gates was asked how he’s able to remain “so upbeat” about the state of the world in “this time …

Politics

June 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DON’T PILLAGE US WITH TAXES, WE’RE VIKINGS – God preserve us from the fury of the Northmen: With elections due on Sept. 9, polls show a slump in support for …

Politics

June 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE COMING ECONOMIC ARMAGEDDON – I’m not an economist, so I don’t know if it is or is not coming, but a friend of The Daily Chrenk, John Adams, thinks …

Happiness / Life / Politics

June 17, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE JOYS OF ICELAND – I have only spent 48 hours in Iceland but in that time it has managed to became one of my favourite places in the world. …

Politics

June 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHY THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE – Well, some of them, at least. Education and health care in particular. Two graphs, the first one from “The Atlantic”, the second one from the …

Politics

May 16, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

LIGHTS DON’T LIE – Lies, damned lies, statistics, and authoritarian statistics: China, Russia and other authoritarian countries inflate their official GDP figures by anywhere from 15 to 30 percent in …

Politics

May 10, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ONE PERCENT – A telling graph, thanks to the Institute of Public Affairs: Just one per cent and we can be over the hill instead of building it up even …

Politics

May 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

UP TO OUR EYEBALLS – The best Treasurer Australia has ever had is depressed: Former treasurer Peter Costello thinks he’ll be dead and buried by the time the federal government …

Politics

May 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“THE WORLD IS FINALLY READY FOR MARXISM” – On Karl Marx’s 200th birthday, “The Independent” discovers why Marxism has not worked before – it was too early. Here is one …

Politics

May 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HILLARY VERSUS SOCIALISTS – What would Karl Marx (unhappy 200th birthday for Saturday, Karl) think of a political party that represents both the plutocracy and the workers? Hillary Clinton claimed …

Politics

April 10, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHAT’S A TRILLION BETWEEN FRIENDS? – I’m old enough to remember when the United States government debt was “just” one trillion dollars. Now we are entering an era of one …

Politics

April 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ASSEMBLED IN CHINA – Your interesting longish read of the day is an extract from a new book, “China’s Great Wall of Debt” by Dinny McMahon: While hundreds of thousands of people …

Politics

March 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GO CIOBO GO – It’s good to know that in the world of increasingly tempted by protectionism, free trade still has its fans: Australia should start negotiating a free-trade agreement with …

Politics

March 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

MAJORITY. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? – Nothing. Say it again. In the House. In the Senate. And then there is the White House. President Donald Trump grudgingly signed a …