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Rudd Bails out the Wealth Gap

photo credit: mdumlao98 Prime Minister Rudd's $10bn 'economic security strategy' is another blinkered response. A decade of record economic growth has done little for the aussie battler. Record prices for iron ore have cascaded into the deepest pockets in the nation,...

The Tale of the Wealthy Bludger

photo credit: Celeste33 Anne Schmid We do not blame the poor for being poor, or suggest that it is because they are lazy or incapable of earning a living. Likewise, is it altogether hard work and enterprise that has made the wealthy rich? Could there be bludgers among...

Asset Bubbles always end in tears..

photo credit: sekundo Throw out the theory! That's what policy makers are doing world-wide. From neo-liberalism to neo-handouts, one must ask what has happened to confidence in free market theory? Which leader in the western world will stand up? Failure to address the...

Prime the Printing Press

photo credit: PhotoGraham That is the call as the bankers bailout of US$700bn gets rejected by US Congress. Meanwhile the US Fed has the printing presses running at just about as much - US$630bn. Kohler says: Essentially Congress has ensured that for the moment at...