Author of Inside the Great Economic Bubble Machine, Matt Taibbi speaks on the Goldman issue. Check the Hudson talk on Max Keiser (below) to hear about the million trades per second software stolen from Goldman Sachs and how a chance question reveals the ability of the big boys to manipulate markets. Spice up your life by reading some of the … Read More
Re-Invasion Land Grabs
Renegade Economists Podcast 97 As broadcast on the almighty 3CR on 8 July, 2009 Subscribe to the podcast Show Notes: Re-Invasion Land Grabs: Elder Michael Anderson from Euahlayi Nation discusses the intervention into indigenous lands, discussing how this blatant land grab relates to genocidal actions. Some new developments on the intervention virus are spreading. Related reading from the National Indigenous … Read More
Are We Paying Too Much for the Great Australian Dream?
photo credit: Pink Sherbet Photography Adam Schwab from Crikey: In one of the more remarkable occurrences, residential property, despite macroeconomic indicators to the contrary, has been an incredibly resilient asset class this year. In fact, the “affordable” sector of the property market is trading at record high levels, while auction clearance rates in major cities remain above 70 percent (in … Read More
Hudson on Bubble History
Hudson enters at the 5 min mark. Check the other parts to the Keiser interview
Growth model fails us in more ways than we can count
photo credit: Creeper-Sleeper Today we read that Australia’s boom era delivered 1000 more homeless people per year. It is a grim picture of how homelessness has remained a serious social issue in Australia over the past decade despite good economic times,” one of the report’s authors, David MacKenzie, said. “Since the global financial crisis, with rising unemployment and the high … Read More