Ten things we should be talking about instead of Same Sex Marriage
It was with great lack of joy that I came back from five weeks in Europe to find out that the public debate in Australia […]
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Booze, girls and the Polish economic miracle
Poland is a land of mystery. Perhaps the biggest mystery is how the country has somehow managed to survive to the present (albeit far from […]
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Tony Wanker and the Woke Chocolate Factory
Contrary to what you might think, chocolate in general contains very little caffeine; no matter how much you eat – whatever other consequences might be […]
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Looking at Australia from Europe
Sometimes you just don’t know what to blog about. But you can still blog about not knowing what to blog about, which seems like the […]
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The Cocaine Index of Economic Prosperity
The good news is Iceland is back after a lost economic decade post the spectacular economic crash in 2008. You could be boring and support […]
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Standing on the birthplace of modern capitalism
I’m standing right on the birthplace of modern capitalism and it would feel like a pilgrimage except instead of quiet and contemplation there is noise […]
Continue reading »WHAT IF INEQUALITY IS MISLEADING? – I’m not an economist so I can’t critique but it strikes me as interesting research: Bruce Meyer of the […]
Continue reading »MACRONOMICS – Who would have thought that a 39-year old empty suit would prove to be empty? A lot of people actually. Emmanuel Macron’s honeymoon […]
Continue reading »A $5 MILLION VICTIM – Oh dear: Outgoing Australia Post CEO Ahmed Fahour has suggested that criticism of him and his controversial $5.6 million salary […]
Continue reading »HOW THE ENTITLEMENTS ATE THE BUDGET – In one graphic: Like a reverse Pac Man, swallowing the fiscal future.
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IPA and the shortsightedness of Australian business
Having avoided my mailbox yesterday, this morning I picked up the latest issue of “Institute of Public Affairs Review”. Attached to it was a letter […]
Continue reading »END OF THE MATING GAME – Social progress versus evolutionary biology: A dearth of marriagable men has left an “oversupply” of educated women taking desperate […]
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The end of Liberal Party
This morning in Brisbane, Tony Abbott launched his campaign for the return to Prime Ministership and to win the election against Bill Shorten’s Labor. Well, […]
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Thank you for the half a trillion debt
Great news everyone: On Tuesday, gross Commonwealth debt reached more than $499 billion, after growing by more than $2 billion since Friday and $9 billion […]
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Suicide by targets
About this time of the year eight years ago, as a much younger, sprightlier and less grey (by at least a few shades) Chrenk, I […]
Continue reading »GEN Y AWFULNESS MEETS EURO AWFULNESS – A postcard from Spain: Living with your parents is one thing, but hitting them up for weekly financial […]
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How unaffordable was my valley (or how green was my smashed avo)
I feel for the Gen Y and the Millennials, I really do. I know that I often mock them for all their bad traits and […]
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Malcolm in the Middle
Federal Budgets generally give the government of the day a poll bounce, even if only a momentary one. Some fall flat and register barely a […]
Continue reading »HOW BAD IS LABOR? – The Liberals may disappoint and break one’s heart, but Labor appals. No matter how bad the Liberals will be, Labor […]
Continue reading »THE MOST DEPRESSING WORDS YOU WILL READ THIS MORNING – come from “The Australian”‘s Paul Kelly, who for the past few decades has seen it […]
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