The Reserve Bank is not telling us the whole story
Contributed by Joe Montero The pronouncements coming form the Reserve Bank are somewhat muddled. True, there is valuable data, and this reveals part of the…
Economy
Making it in a poor world
Liz Theoharis is a theologian, ordained minister, and anti-poverty activist, who publishes with TomDispatch. Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary…
Are too many jobs and too much spending by consumers lifting the cost of living and interest rate?
Contributed by Joe Montero Forget what some so-called expert economists who are saying. That the cost of living and interest rates are going up because…
Households are clearly cutting spending as rates rise
The Following by Greg Jericho (published by the Guardian 2 February 2023) shows how Australians are spending less. This signifies a drift downwards in the…
We must stop real jobs from going and end the rising cost of living
Contributed by Jim Hayes In the light of a deteriorating jobs situation across Australia, marked by a continuation of jobs and hours of work lost,…
Having a job is no longer a shield against poverty in Australia
Brianna Casey is the CEO of Foodbank Australia. She knows about the growing lines of people seeking help to put food on the table and…
Labor’s first budget deserves conditional support and a press for much more
Contributed by Joe Montero The Albanese labor government’s first budget delivered by Treasurer Jim Chalmers brought down a package that had some good parts and…
World is failing to act on looming debt crisis
Contributed by Joe Montero One of the biggest problems in the world today is enormous debt burden faced by poor nations. Most of the loans…
Global Inflationary Tsunami Thanks to U.S. – Not Ukraine
According to John Ross (Peoples Dispatch 12 October 2022) the inflation hitting the world’s economies has its origin in the United States manipulation of the…
France sees growing movement using industrial and political action over the rising cost of living
Contributed by Jim Hayes France has been experiencing a wave of industrial unrest, emerging from the energy and mining industries. This has caused serious disruption…
