March, 2009
Video of the Day: Jon Stewart shakes his fist at Twitter
Housing up as Rudd cash splash continues to ripple
There’s more tentative evidence emerging of the December cash splash working, despite what others might be saying, writes Glenn Dyer.
“Operation Stimulus”: tinkering with Territory tenders
When the NT Government decides somehow that it wants something to happen, it does not first check on the marketplace or turn to the subtle tools of market intervention, writes Dr David Curl.
Get Up! going nowhere on climate
Is GetUp! more intent on cultivating its membership base by appealing to green symbolism than forcing the Government to get serious about global warming, asks Clive Hamilton?
Data, recession, Turnbull and a load of old experts
Malcolm Turnbull has built his entire strategy for the economic crisis on an academic parlour game with zero real-world significance, writes Bernard Keane.
Media briefs: Fairfax shake-up … ABC delay digital radio launch …
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
Dunkirk done, it’s time to defend the economy
In the new economic rock vs scissors game, deleveraging trumps government stimulus every time, writes Steve Keen.
Richard Farmer’s political bite sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Premier Rees’ latest recruits offer new hope
The cavalry has arrived to provide some relief for the besieged Nathan Rees Government in the form of Graham Wedderburn and Bob Leece, writes Alex Mitchell.
Sino salvation a false dawn
The old ‘China to save us’ card is played for the second time in four months, writes Glenn Dyer
Three more years of meeja mahem: analyst
A leading Sydney based media analyst now says recovery for the sector won’t be expected until 2012, writes Glenn Dyer.
Now showing on the Crikey website
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Is Obama “lowering expectations” on climate change? STUFF WE LIKE: Anger, procrastination and flying cats What’s new on the Crikey blogs: PINEAPPLE PARTY TIME: QLD election campaign, day 11 PURE POISON: Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the SMH… LITERARY MINDED: A review […]
Fairfax ‘Clayton’s’ business merger’ may yet claim scalps
The restructure of business reporting at Fairfax has been announced, but staff are still trying to get to grips with what it actually means, writes Margaret Simons.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
Memo editors: people read the papers you know. They think you know what you’re doing, even if, as the evidence continues to suggest, you’re just feeling your way.
Rundle: Robert Doyle’s taxi of fools
Robert Doyle’s taxi scheme is a mad idea, an expression of the fear of the boring suburbanite has for the city, writes Guy Rundle.
Morning market report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets.
Kohler: Saving is such sweet sorrow
In a way, this is the debt retrenchment and savings recession we had to have, writes Alan Kohler.
US economy submerged in sickening hole
The US economy has worsened since the start of the year, holding out the prospect of another sickening fall in growth, writes Glenn Dyer.
Why Albrechtsen is wrong on executive pay
For a former commercial lawyer, Albrechtsen shows a surprising lack of business awareness, writes Adam Schwab.
A not wholly unexpected visitor…
Who is it dear?
Journalistic ethics, UTS and the Sydney Writers’ Festival
A nasty fuss has sprung up around the Sydney Writers’ Festival and New South Wales’ leading journalism school, writes Margaret Simons.
Computers and flying: garbage in, corpses out
The initial report by the Dutch Safety Board overnight about last Thursday’s crash of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-80 was blunt, writes Ben Sandilands.
This “recession” is built on rubbery figures
Much has been made of the apparent rise in the savings ratio in the December quarter national accounts, but this could be a furphy, writes Glenn Dyer.
