GFC – nothing learnt
By Catherine Cashmore Cross posted from all over the web, including Naked Capitalism. Yves here. This post looks at how little has been done in the wake of the global financial crisis is instructive because it takes an international view. The Australian writer,...China Watch – Land turnover ‘plunge’ a predictor of recessionary forces
Concerns continue to grow in China where the value of land sales are down 38% y.o.y and VOLUME down 45% according to Market Watch: Total land sales fell to 1,767 transactions in May in 300 Chinese cities, down 45% from a year ago and 19% lower than in the previous...Risk Taking or Rent Seeking?
Our third Evolving Economics Enews. Share it with your friends, join the enews list, sent bi-weekly. Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online. The enews of Prosper & Earthsharing Australia June 11, 2014 Photo – Kicki Holmen Three, no make that...Monbiot: rent seekers shriek reform away
Monbiot chronicles the shrieking retorts to reforms challenging their unearned incomes. Tax reform can no longer be dismissed as a dirty word left to the well connected. Here in Australia such shrieking to the mining tax, pokie or taxi license reforms was closely...Republish this article
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