Infinite Stimulus! Do You Hear That Sucking Sound?
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Economy
Morrison Government Warns Australian Companies to Drop the ‘Woke’ Virtue-Signalling
If you’re sick of ‘woke’ corporations caving to the increasingly extreme demands of noisy far-left activists, you’re not alone. The Morrison government is putting corporate Australia on notice that it sorely needs to get back to its fulfilling its proper function: making money for shareholders, building the
Will a Currency Crisis Bring Down China?
Hayman Capital founder and CIO Kyle Bass is back. In this riveting conversation, he tells Raoul Pal exactly how, why, and when China’s economy will come unraveled. As China’s growth declines, Bass says that its currency is at the heart of a coming crisis. And with growth rates
Bill Holter – Whole Thing is Going to Come Down in a Panic
Financial writer and precious metals expert Bill Holter says a failure to deliver is not a maybe but a sure thing. Holter says, “Whether it is this year or the first few months of next year, it doesn’t matter. It is going to happen. . . . I can basically guarantee there
The Developed World is on the Brink of a Financial, Economic, Social & Political Crisis
Donald Amstad from Aberdeen Standard Investments delivers a sobering assessment on the state of developed market economies. Livewire Markets is an Australian based investment website providing access to the investment insights and opinions of fund managers and investment professionals. Registration is free and gives you access to our daily newsletter
Why Children Are Still Hungry
This government targeted child welfare right from the get go. Ardern campaigned on fixing child “poverdy” saying “ let’s do this” and introducing a families package effective from 1 July 2018 that promised families would be better off. “By 2020/21, approximately 385,000 families with dependent children will be
Yes Minister, No Minister, three bags full Minister
National party Press Release: The government’s 2019-2029 Minerals and Petroleum Strategy includes a ban on new mines on conservation land, bypassing the promised consultation process, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Jonathan Young says. “The strategy claims the government’s first goal in modernising the Crown Minerals Act
BFD Transcript Part 2: JAG’s Car Ban, Infrastructure, Drugs & Mental Health
Newstalk ZB transcript of first recording starts at 12:05 Mike: Is Julie-Anne Genter dangerous wanting to ban cars? Jacinda: She doesn’t want to ban cars. Mike: She wanted to ban combustion engines. Jacinda: I think… I think what’s more dangerous is… ah you know claims that
The Welfare Trap Strangling NZ’s Economy
Last year’s idiotic, fake ‘racism’ furore was not the first time that cartoonist Mark Knight has ‘outraged’ the online offenderati. Knight’s cartoon responding to the release of figures showing the staggering number of Australians receiving government benefits, and the dwindling numbers of taxpayers who make a net contribution,
ACT Marks National’s Report card
ACT party Press Release: ACT Leader David Seymour says the National party is moving in the right direction on economic policy but should be much bolder. “They’re mostly promising to do things we encouraged them, and they refused, to do last time we were in government. Tax bracket inflation
Twyford’s Train Set Blows 10-year Transport Budget
National party Press Release: Documents released by Treasury reveal why vital new roads across the country are being scrapped or stalled – because Labour’s trains have swallowed up the transport budget for the next ten years, National’s Transport spokesman Chris Bishop says. “The next decade will be tough for
The Half-Baked Quarter Trillion Palaver Purgatory
Never mind carbon dioxide; the biggest threat to our children’s future is the cluster of economic arsonists creeping through our halls of power, their claws clutching shabby virtue like the awful Tricoteuses of Paris clutched knitting-needles in their crusted fingers while delightfully anticipating Madame Guillotine’s newest victim,
Renegade Inc: The Year Of Reckoning
2019: The Year of Reckoning A week before the 1929 crash, economists such as Irvine Fischer were commenting that the stock market was at a permanently high plateau and only heading higher. When the dust settled, an economic theory called ‘debt deflation’ was developed – which ascribes financial crashes to the
The $3.5 Billion Handbrake on the Economy
No, I am not talking about this woeful government. They are most certainly a major handbrake on the economy, but they are going to cost us much more than $3.5 billion. Yes, really. But there is another major handbrake on the economy, and it is going to cost us
Ardern Forgets Her Fuel Tax
Did our Part-time PM think we would forget her tax contribution to our being “fleeced at the pump” every time we fill up? Ardern’s fuel tax was the first thing that popped into my head when she announced we are paying too much for fuel, which we already
Tuesday Nightcap
Allianz Chief Economic Adviser Mohamed El-Erian discusses the inverted yield curve, and the Federal Reserve. The U.S. Treasury yield curve inverted Monday morning for the first time since 2007, sending equities into a tailspin and raising concerns about a recession. But strategists including Mohamed El-Erian are sending