Rob Burgess
Not again! Why stock markets are suddenly jumpy
Anyone who had friends or relatives due to retire around 2009 will remember the great smack in the face they received in...
How the cost of money is headed back to 1981
A lot of people are too young to remember how things were in 1981, but that’s how far back we have to...
We’re being duped into cutting ‘high’ corporate taxes
When US President Donald Trump addresses this year’s Davos Economic Forum on Friday, some members of the business and government elites present...
Strong jobs data obscures a new forgotten people
Thursday’s jobs report from the Bureau of Statistics continued the remarkable story of employment growth during 2017 – though not everyone will be...
The first home buyer surge comes with new risks
A year is a long time in the property market, and for first home buyers things have turned around substantially. The latest...
Confidence finally recovers from the Abbott-era slump
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must be feeling more than a little frustrated at present, with his approval rating stuck in the doldrums...
The shopping boom is fake, but the real news is good
At first glance, news that Australian shoppers had beaten growth forecasts by a factor of three with their November spending might have...
The jig’s up for Coalition’s negative gearing lies – and apologists in the media
When the Australian people are being lied to, you’d hope that the bulk of the mainstream media would swing into action to...
Australian economy is on the up, set to overtake Russia’s
In the next few years the Australian economy will become larger than Russia’s in US-dollar terms. And yes, you read that right....
The gig economy is taking us all for a ride
Over the silly season hundreds of thousands of Australians will have used peer-to-peer services such as Uber taxis, Airbnb accommodation, or ordered...