Amateur economist and optimist Peter Johns responds to Steve Keen.
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Epstein’s glaring conflict of interest
David Epstein’s appointment as Qantas’s General Manager of Government and Corporate Affairs perfectly demonstrates the hole in the Government Lobbyist Register and Code of Conduct, writes Bernard Keane.
Keen: Always look on the bright side … of economic data?
Our economic managers, caught in a crisis they didn’t see coming, are still using the same models that didn’t anticipate this mess, writes Steve Keen
Rate Cut Cup: Halfapercent tightens to firm odds-on
Halfapercent has tightened but Pointsevenfive, could be a late tip for the Rate Cut Cup at 2.30 pm this afternoon, writes Glenn Dyer.
ASIC takes a gander at CMC. That’s a comfort
It’s nice to see that the corporate watchpuppies from ASIC are taking time to discover more about the obscure areas of the Australian stockmarket.
A gloomy snapshot ahead of RBA announcement
A very mixed picture for the economy this morning, 24 hours away from a rate cut from the Reserve Bank, writes Glenn Dyer.
ETS modelling: there’s no free lunch
The correct answer to the question “what happens if there’s no international agreement?” is, of course, that we’re stuffed, writes Bernard Keane.
Acquittal of Thomas another blow for the war on terror
The acquittal by a Melbourne jury yesterday of Jack Thomas, who was alleged to have had a plant ticket paid for with funds from Al-Qaeda, is another blow to the multi billion dollar ‘war on terror, writes Greg Barns.
Rudd and Turnbull’s egos destroying everything in their path
The egos of Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull – the two supermassive black holes at the centre of the Australian political galaxy – are tearing apart the political unity needed for Australia’s governing class to effectively address the financial crisis, writes Bernard Keane.
Charge up! It’s court day in Yuendumu
Defendants and family gather under the meagre shade of straggly trees, Aboriginal legal aid lawyers sit with piles of files at two card tables in the sun … welcome to court day in Yuendumu, writes Crikey blogger Bob Gosford.
What was the RBA advice on guaranteeing deposits?
The predictable consequence of the Government intervening in the financial market to guarantee loans and deposits – that those not afforded the same guarantee are competitively disadvantaged – didn’t take long to emerge, writes Bernard Keane.
Climate of greed: from Easter Island to Manhattan
The looming ecological crisis will make the current financial pain look trivial, writes Andrew Glikson.
Kevin Rudd’s War on Greed
Kevin Rudd is coming after the greedy. And he’ll be packing heat, writes Bernard Keane.
The needy miss out on Santa Kevin’s package
Santa Kevin managed to miss out some of the most needy and give unnecessary money to some people one could call a tetch greedy, writes Eva Cox.
Rudd’s plasma and pokies package
Let’s call it the plasma and pokies package, and be damned for our cynicism, writes Bernard Keane.
The reckless stimulus package we didn’t need
What on earth is the Rudd Government doing blowing $10 billion in largely unproductive welfare payments? asks Stephen Mayne.
Richard Farmer’s bite sized meaty chunks
In the hands of the communist capitalists … Praised be the bureaucrats … Australian banks not alone.
Can everyone calm the fudge down about the economy?
Between a media anxious to play up the drama and self-interested representatives of the financial sector, you’d get the impression the only rational response to the crisis is unrestrained panic, writes Bernard Keane.
Rudd gettin’ busy with some nation building
Kevin Rudd wants to make nation-building fashionable again and it seems like the times suit him, writes Bernard Keane.
Recently at a St Kilda Primary School Student Supermarket
Principal Artyglasses!
Richard Farmer’s bite sized meaty chunks
Some sympathy for Kevin … But little for Malcolm … The price of an interest rate fall … The difficulties of international agreement.
Commentary we had to have: Keating on rates, ratings and ratchets
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating spoke this morning with the ABC radio’s Ali Moore.
Don’t shout Turnbull down for shifting on Henson
The photo of Henson gazing, seemingly smugly, out of weekend newspapers as we learnt how he had cruised playgrounds for talent, seemed calculated to push parental buttons in a big way, writes Bernard Keane.
Faris: Boat people put Rudd to the test
This is Australia’s version of the US Green card lottery, writes Peter Faris.
