Keywords: Global Financial Crisis
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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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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 22 October 2009
9 Comments
While knowledge of the economy is important, we already have the more essential knowledge we need — about
how fallen human beings behave, and about how to control the effects of
such behaviour. The tranquillity of greed must not be left undisturbed.
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AUSTRALIA
- Luke Fraser
- 09 September 2009
2 Comments
Throughout the 19th century, Russians developed a
keen interest in Australia, describing it
as a 'working man's paradise' and a 'key trading partner for the future'. This forgotten relationship has potential for building a shared future.
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ECONOMICS
- Catherina Toh
- 03 August 2009
8 Comments
An ethos of tough love balks at taxpayer subsidies for
anyone foolish or unlucky enough to make the wrong investment decision. In Australia we prefer to see people as victims and expect the government to clean up the mess.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
Reader's Feast Bookstore is delighted to once again join with Eureka Street to offer an award in the area of social justice writing. Funded by Reader's Feast Bookstore and organised by Eureka Street, the theme for the essay was 'Climate change and the global financial crisis: can we afford to save the planet?'
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AUSTRALIA
- Beth Doherty
- 22 June 2009
12 Comments
After returning home from six months of volunteer work overseas, my
plan was that I would spend a couple of weeks looking, and that after a
few resumés were sent out, the phone calls would start pouring in.
They didn't.
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ECONOMICS
- Thomas Sullivan
- 29 May 2009
8 Comments
In the 16th century, following its conquest of Latin America, Spain drained the area of its gold and silver.
One might suspect that this windfall turned Spain into an economic
powerhouse. But some funny things happened when the easy money arrived.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Eleanor Massey
- 18 May 2009
9 Comments
In 1962, Port Kembla was stoked with the dispossessed of the Old World, pouring
steel back into the reconstruction of their war-ravaged homelands.
Now, it's a ghost town. They're putting together an
industrial museum, and that has an ominous ring to it.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 12 May 2009
1 Comment
Catholic Social Teaching promotes the common good, distributive justice and a preferential option for the poor as key principles to underpin any budget. If might is right then the preferences of the strong will overpower those of the vulnerable.
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AUSTRALIA
- Gillian Bouras
- 27 April 2009
4 Comments
Australian Shareholders Association says the BrisConnections 'lifeline' offered by the Macquarie Group won't cover 'the bulk of desperate investors'. Sometimes bad things happen to good people at the mercy of the clever and the greedy.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 06 April 2009
1 Comment
The G20 Summit took first steps towards stimulating the economies of developing countries. The Economist says growth in these nations could rebound quickly, as
households are not weighed down by crushing debts typical in
America and Europe.
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 02 April 2009
7 Comments
In his forthcoming response to the global financial crisis, Pope Benedict does not have to reinvent the wheel. Catholic social
writings have long insisted that economics must be directed to serve
the good of everyone, not just the rich.
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