Recent Posts Tagged With 'economics'

• The Great Monetary Ponzi Scheme

  Posted on Tuesday July 14th, 2009 at 21:40 in economics, paul krugman, austrian school, recession economics

  Paul Krugman and his fellow Keynsian economists believe more money is the solution to every economic crisis. When the Ponzi scheme comes crashing down, they're going to have a lot to answer for....

• Unemployment Numbers

  Posted on Wednesday May 6th, 2009 at 21:11 in economics, unemployment, unemployment rate

  It seems my economic forecasting capabilities are about as good as the rest of my fellow economists. The April unemployment rate fell to 5.4%! Can anyone explain this?...

• Job Numbers Bad, Horrible for Seek

  Posted on Sunday May 3rd, 2009 at 22:59 in investing, jobs, economics, unemployment, fairfax, seek, sek, job ads

  The numbers on job ads are unequivocally bad. But, surprisingly, the newspapers are regaining some market share....

• Dear Economist, Are You Living on Mars?

  Posted on Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 20:57 in employment, economics, recession, unempoyment

  Today's unemployment figure of 5.7% shocked most economists. They must be living on a different planet to me....

• Geithner Plan Not So Dumb

  Posted on Monday March 23rd, 2009 at 21:12 in economics, bailout, government bailout, tim geithner

  Another bailout. Another outcry from the ‘let them rot in hell’ brigade. For mine, Tim Geithner’s latest rescue plan for the US banking system is the best we’ve seen so far....

• Recession or Depression?

  Posted on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 at 19:14 in depression, economics, us economy, recession, great depression, economists

  It's a favourite pastime of economists to forecast the future. The truth is that most don't have the faintest idea. And those that do are probably wrong....

• Dodge the recession with essential infrastructure

  Posted on Monday January 19th, 2009 at 18:28 in economics, infrastructure, airports, recession, woolworths, toll roads, ports, pipelines, power stations

  Politicians and a few eternally optimistic property spruikers are about the only ones still pretending we’re not headed for recession. As increasingly dire unemployment numbers come out, more and more are joining me in the ‘it’s going to be bad...

• Will Recession Mean an End to the Baby Boom?

  Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 22:01 in economics, recession, baby boom

  Australia set a record for the number of babies born in 2007. Will recession mean an end to the trend?...

• Prepare yourself for a 20-year bear market

  Posted on Wednesday October 29th, 2008 at 18:43 in economics, bear market, investment strategy, corporate profits, blue chips, resources boom, income securities, p e ratios

  If your financial security depends on the All Ordinaries surpassing its 1 November 2007 close of 6,854 any time soon, you might want to reconsider your retirement plans, because there’s a real risk that this bear market will last 10 or 20 years....