Finance
9/11 25th Anniversary: Rousing the sleeping dragon

As the 25th Anniversary of the September 11 attacks nears, Frances Letters reflects on the cond ...  
Australia’s incompetent newsrooms fail to report best financial year ever

Last week’s gross domestic product (GDP) numbers confirm Australia’s economy is a world leader ...  
The billionaires are terrified of us

The billionaire class is retreating behind bunkers, philanthropy and PR as the social order that ...  
Marles puts Australia on frontline of U.S. AI development for China war

Marles’ USA trip is all about making it clear to Australians that we will be on the front line ...  
Iran conflict creates windfall profits for Trump backers

Windfall profits from the Iran conflict raise conflict-of-interest questions for Trump backers.  
Australia’s economic slowdown shows inflation strategy is working

Australia’s slowing economy, easing house prices and weaker wage growth show policies to curb ...  
Fiducian’s $7.3 million penalty exposes the limits of green finance

Fiducian’s $7.3 million greenwashing penalty exposes how green finance can mask continued ...  
Japan’s yen crisis could hit Australian households next

Japan’s yen crisis could expose Australia to rising borrowing costs, a weaker dollar and a fresh ...  
Neo-Liberal comic economics with Dave Hughes

Previously a comedian, Dave Hughes has become a self-professed corruption crusader and economics ...  
Real wage increases ensure living standards are rising

Evidence keeps piling up, showing Australians are enjoying sustained expansion of wealth and ...  
Why wealth matters and why Australia is a world leader

Australia’s high and relatively evenly distributed wealth underpins living standards and leaves ...  
Flailing newsrooms stymied by household luxury spending splurge

Multiple reports from the statutory authorities confirm living standards for all Australians are ...  
Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce: Hypocrisy is thy name

Parliamentary expenses show extraordinary waste from anti-waste campaigners Pauline Hanson and ...  
Truths about price rises they don’t want you to know

As inflation in Australia is steadily easing, misinformation is relentlessly worsening.  
Billionaire BS and the great wealth lie

The myth that billionaires earn their fortunes through hard work is a convenient fiction that ...  
Artificial inequality in the age of AI

AI is accelerating a divide that decades of economic policy and asset inflation have already ...  
The business investment boom will spark a surge in productivity

Strong business investment is laying the foundations for higher productivity, stronger growth and ...  
Why inequality survives democratic politics

Australians demanding radical political change may defend the economic arrangements causing their ...  
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