The CCP is Defeated

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The CCP is Defeated – What Now Modern warfare is industrial in scale and has a political imperative. It has been this way for centuries, if not millennia. The 20th century had many demonstrations of this. From at least the first world war and again with the end of the cold war and more recently. […]

Red Line Strategy vs Blueprint & Balance

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Red Line Strategy vs Blueprint & Balance: Are We Trying To Crash Through If you want your vehicle to go faster, you can red line it. You take the number of revs your motor does closer to or over the red line in the tachometer. Apologies to those with EVs who may not get this […]

Net Overseas Migration and Productivity

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Net Overseas Migration and Productivity In Australia The interplay between net overseas migration and productivity is important in determining the course of prosperity. Especially in our country. They are economic variables that play out over time in ways that are hard to see day to day. Because of current extreme deviations from the norm, we […]

The Inverted Yield Curve

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The Inverted Yield Curve Making Its Way To Australia An inverted yield curve in the US is making headline news in financial circles. The reason for this is the history of inverted yield curves being a powerful predictor of recessions. Inflation in the US has been at or below zero for short periods three times […]

The Great Economic Malaise

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The Great Australian Economic Malaise There has been a great economic malaise that has afflicted Australia since the turn of the century. It has been stealthily making its impact felt until it has become the lens through which we view the state of the economy. It is the staged reduction in productivity which entered its […]

Work From Home and AI

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Work From Home and Combine this with AI Technology Work from home may be the greatest cost shifting exercise own goal in history for employees. You get to take on responsibility for paying your bosses rent. A lot of what we hear about is the impact on office blocks in central business districts. Around the […]

The Care Economy

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The Care Economy But nobody cares. This might be the dilemma we face because of the ageing population that the intergenerational report (IGR) talks about. In its fact sheet the IGR talks about how the ageing population will reinforce the trend towards a services-based economy, with the care and support sector and its workforce potentially […]