photo credit: Corey Tegeler David Pecotic Two great new Australian e-gov mashups: Key Indicators Graph [Over at their Betaworks blog, the ABS has published an interactive graph that can display key indicators such as the unemployment rate, the consumer price index, gross domestic profit, average weekly income, and (most importantly for our purposes) the house price index. This is the … Read More
Economics for Activists 2009
Tuesday September 8 – 22nd, 6.15 – 8pm 1/ 27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Universal economic laws must be understood if we are to change the system. How can we engage in this game of life without understanding the rules of engagement in this money dominated paradigm? Learn to speak in the same language as the corridors of power … as … Read More
Dissecting America
photo credit: al-zahra Renegade Economists Podcast 102 As broadcast on the almighty www.3cr.org.au 19/08/09 Dissecting America: Karl returns from the US armed with signs, stats and interviews from the raw edge, defining a crumbling empire. Show Notes Interviews with Na-Haaa (Sunset Boulevard, LA), Leon the taxi driver (Cleveland, Ohio) and the renegade at the bus stop (San Francisco): checking in … Read More
Fast Forward News #2
photo credit: sendung David Pecotic Wow – what a vital source of news, varied angles on most current issues – thanks David As Arctic Ocean warms, megatonnes of methane bubble up [More detailed analysis about the increase in the release of methane that had been frozen beneath the Arctic: over 250 plumes of gas have been discovered bubbling up from … Read More
Recovery! Funny photo
Recovery! Originally uploaded by ChrisI1024 Lets see what happens at the September correction. The stock exchange ‘cash out’ month used to be October, last year saw Sept 22 with the Lehman brothers catastrophe. This year some are saying Sept 4th to end the bull run. Please watch Phil Anderson to understand more via Sky News