Keywords: Global Financial Crisis
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 14 December 2009
5 Comments
If Hawke and Keating had failed to act on economic reform, the opportunity cost would have been devastating unemployment during the GFC. It is not difficult to imagine the opportunity cost of the priority Rudd is giving to his own popularity over reforms that are now urgently needed.
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RELIGION
- Yannick Thoraval
- 14 December 2009
8 Comments
When the Dalai Lama appeared, people flocked to
the stage, mobile phone cameras in hand, so
they too could own a piece of the Dalai Lama. As a measure of our cultural values, it is interesting to consider that the Dalai Lama has become a commodity.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Ruth Limkin
- 02 December 2009
7 Comments
There are those who argue that the fight to stave off the negative impacts of climate change is a fight to save the world from humans themselves. Dialogue from population-control advocates fails to recognise the dignity of each person.
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AUSTRALIA
- Deborah Singerman
- 26 November 2009
1 Comment
Just as architecture plays a role in community building,
community building is important to architects
looking to develop as creative
innovators. A new breed of public spaces is helping put the flesh and blood back into 'community'.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 16 November 2009
3 Comments
Significant portions of the Australian population have been living in a
permanent recession, cut off from opportunity and prosperity. We should offer better pay to those who have stood with them.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Arnold Zable
- 04 November 2009
Observing this unique means of fishing, I realised an alternative intelligence was at work, born of the islanders' relationship to the environment. Ironically, this island is one of a growing number facing inundation by rising waters due to climate change.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 26 October 2009
11 Comments
Kevin Rudd last week talked up population growth, saying he 'believes in a big Australia'. But we are not well placed to deal with the environmental challenges of a population of 35 million. Road use and pet ownership are among the many aspects of our lifestyle that will need careful evaluation.
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ECONOMICS
- Neil Ormerod
- 26 October 2009
Even if we understand the intelligiblity of an automobile, we can still drive badly. With the GFC, the argument is not that better theories will ensure everyone behaves properly, but that without a proper economic theory even
people of good will cannot work to achieve the good.
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