FET (old posts)

Economists have tried to determine the reason some countries are wealthy while, relatively speaking, others are poor. They have eliminated a...

I see in so many black and white films young working class men strolling (perhaps even skipping) to and from work while whistling a merry tu...

In keeping with the theme of my last post I will examine elections in more detail. There are two issues that I want to raise; 1. strategic ...

One of the main functions of government is the redistribution of wealth. However, governments also have the luxury of promoting social goal...

As a new public servant I have discovered what I would call the ‘baseline’ person. They don’t seek to challenge the status quo, they all se...

For those who don’t know, I am planning a trip to Europe in June. The attraction of Europe for me, a simple Aussie, is the history of human...

1. Make government function efficiently. In our department budgets have been slashed, people are not being hired, travel expenses are comin...

Well, it appears I was ahead of the crowd on at least some of the issues I've been discussing in this blog. For starters, a previous blo...

I want to take a bit of a break from the financial crisis to talk about humanity, and more specifically, racial identity. The growing numbe...

Why is it that we expect our savings to ‘grow’ all by themselves? What would happen if our savings diminished over time instead? Let’s fir...