The super stupid way to get your own piece of over-priced housing - Claire Connelly Can’t afford a home deposit? Want to help drive the already insane price of housing into the stratosphere? Claire Connelly unveils a few simple strategies. I hate to burst your bubble, but … [Read more...]
To be a good economist, one cannot only be an economist
To be a good economist, one cannot only be an economist - Lars Syll Economics students today are complaining more and more about the way economics is taught. The lack of fundamental diversity - not just path- dependent elaborations of the main- stream canon - and narrowing of the curriculum, … [Read more...]
More on Australia’s housing market bubble
More on Australia's housing market bubble - Editor What defines a property bubble? A bubble is where investors drive prices higher due to expectations of future capital gains, rather than the income generated by an asset, such as rental from a house or unit. Two years ago the Federal Treasury … [Read more...]
Government mismanagement and Australia’s debt time bomb
Government mismanagement and Australia’s debt time bomb - Steven Hail If the federal government keeps discussing non-existent "black holes" instead of addressing fiscal policy, it is just a question of when, not if, the bubble will burst. Australia faces major long-run economic challenges in … [Read more...]
