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#NABandGrab outed for charging 28 per cent interest rate to blind, elderly farmer

After the "people's hero" Michael West ran the story of a an elderly blind farmer being cha ...  
The Big Four, super profits and a Royal Commission

The super profits of the Big Four banks continue to impact on the rest of the economy and Malcolm ...  
Privatisation's lasting damage to the economy

"Beware governments fattening up public companies for privatisation." ~ John Menadue  
Why a downgrade in Australia’s credit rating isn’t that important

Australia's lauded Triple-A credit rating teeters on the edge with Standard & Poor's outlook cha ...  
Tax havens and the "Big Four"

Investigative journalist Michael West takes a look at the masterminds of multinational tax ...  
ANZ victim hits back at bank fraud

'It seems to be an unwritten law that the banks are untouchable, or a "no go zone" when it comes ...  
Negative gearing: Myths and facts

Negative gearing mainly benefits the rich — the suggestion that it doesn’t borders on ...  
Taxes, corporations and the guillotine illusion

John Haly discusses multinational tax avoidance and why Scott Morrison's claims of combatting ...  
Dismal economic news through May

Australians are now poorer, in greater debt and with fewer job prospects — Alan Austin anal ...  
Australia's real lifters and leaners

Economist Philip Soos encourages Australians to rise up and see Turnbull's neo-liberal capitalism ...  
Self-regulating banks rob us blind: The need for a Royal Commission (Part 3)

Labor has taken a principled stance in supporting a banking royal commission, but must hold its ...  
Self-regulating banks rob us blind: The need for a Royal Commission (Part 2)

Dr Evan Jones continues his analysis of corrupt self-regulation in the banking sector, demon ...  
Self-regulating banks rob us blind: The need for a Royal Commission

Dr Evan Jones tracks the criminal history of self-regulation in the banking sector, demonstra ...  
Bank bastardry and sadistic criminality laid bare in loans scandal (Part 2)

Dr Evan Jones recounts the war of words at the current banking inquiry between the criminally ...  
Bank bastardry and sadistic criminality laid bare in loans scandal (Part One)

With the conclusion of the "war of words" between banks and victims, Dr Evan Jones goes behin ...  
Australia as a tax haven

As the full implications of the Panama Papers are still being unravelled, John Passant analyses ...  
Labor’s banking royal commission: One of the all time greatest wedgies

Labor’s banking Royal Commission has made the Coalition’s financial genii’s eyes water and ...  
#PanamaPapers scandal applies a blowtorch to the murky workings of capitalism

The Panama Papers have shown us just how the murky world of capitalism works and why we need to ...  

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