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Andrew Robb seems to forget about the GFC, misunderstands government debt and has a grasp of economics akin to that of The Tele. So why is he a Coalition frontbencher?

From all reports David Coe was a generous man, loved by friends and family, who died too young. But that doesn’t change the fact he presided (and personally benefited) from a massive corporate collapse.

The jobless rate for young Italians is now 35%. Some are starting companies, some swallowing their pride and taking jobs they hate — and some are turning to suicide, writes Josephine McKenna from Rome.

It’s now five years since the early warning signs of what would develop into the global financial crisis first started to show, and extraordinarily, there’s little evidence that bankers have mended their ways.

The latest Reserve Bank bulletin helps provide a better understanding of the extent of the financial crisis-inspired changes to the risk-appetites of households.

No wonder America is having trouble escaping the clutches of the subprime crisis, the GFC and recession it triggered. A study from the Federal Reserve reveals three big hits.

For a Labor federal budget this looks awfully like a set of Liberal numbers.

Ireland is broke and depressed. Two percent of the population has left since 2008, with Australia the number one destination for those emigrating. Eric Ellis interviews those about to flee.

The Coalition’s rewriting of economic history continues apace as part of its obsession with the Howard years.

Crikey media wrap: Christine Lagarde, chief of the International Monetary Fund, likened current economic conditions to the Great Depression overnight, with new IMF figures predicting a downturn in global growth.

The Big Bash of the debt crisis looks to be over and we are now in the long grind of debt reduction and low growth. But the financial world hasn’t the patience for a five-day Test match.

The global financial crisis has hit promising work tackling the neglected diseases that affect the world’s poor, according to a new report, and Australia could be doing a lot more to assist, writes Mary Moran.

Southern Europe has held to an entirely different conception of life, one in which full human beings still have room to breathe. As the Eurozone collapses, the people of Europe should look to them now for how to live.

Nouriel Roubini, one of the handful of leading voices who “called” the GFC, flew into Perth this week for CHOGM and literally stole the show, writes James Kirby, of Business Spectator.