Start Asking Some Hard Questions
You know there are a lot of people who just use technology without questioning its provenance. The smart phone and those apps become their new normal. Well, ‘stupid is as stupid does’, to quote a…
Billionaires Have Never Been Less Popular
Did you know that in the ancient world there were regular examples of public debt forgiveness? Yes, even in those more brutal times elites recognised the dangers of social discordance. The masses were more likely…
Billionaires Funding The Far Right
Populism of the Far Right variety is not some natural occurrence or trend happening at the moment. It is an artificially fed and funded campaign coming from the United States and billionaire money. Reform in…
Why Copying America Is Bad For Australia
What can we learn from the current political situation in America? Further to that, what ramifications does that potentially have for Australians? There is no denying that Australia tends to follow the United States in…
Trump Is An Economic Vandal
A whole bunch of selfish Americans elected a convicted felon and compulsive liar to the presidency for the second time. Trump is an economic vandal. This unhinged fool has started a war with the Iranians…
The Monoculture Rendition Of What It Means To Be Australian
At the golf course, I all too frequently meet the monoculture rendition of what it means to be Australian. The One Nation version of it, now gaining in renewed popularity, according to some in the…
The Epstein Files Expose The Greed Of Elites
The release of the Epstein Files has exposed the rotten state of global capitalism. Jeffrey Epstein was not only a paedophile and sex trafficker, as he was a billionaire financier with his tentacles wrapped around…
Let Us Choose The Courage Of Welcome
These words said by Martin Luther King Jnr encapsulate the age old battle between courage and fear. Pauline Hanson spreads a hateful message based upon the fear of others. Those flag wearing marchers, claiming to…
Billionaire President Struggles With ‘Affordability’ Concept
Donald Trump is a billionaire who hangs out with other billionaires and elites in Washington DC. His cabinet contains more seriously rich people than ever seen before in these positions. This president just cannot get…
Why In Millionaire Alley, Do Storms Still Wreak Havoc?
I live in a street where many of the houses are nearing a million dollar value. This is not exceptional in today’s Australia. However, I wonder why, if my suburb is worth hundreds of millions…
Why Voters Vote Against Their Own Interests?
We live in a time of the ‘culture wars’, where folk get so caught up in identity politics that they lose the plot. Why voters vote against their own interests? Stupid is as stupid does,…
What Price Life?
What Price Life? Why is everything so expensive? Is the new book by Robert Sudha Hamilton. Putting on his economist hat to do justice to explaining the prevailing headwinds we all face in the current…
The Epstein Files Encapsulate American Dishonesty
You know the more you dig into this the worse it reflects on everybody involved. The Epstein files encapsulate American dishonesty. Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were best friends for many years. They both loved…