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Guest post by Ben today At the moment it seems that the ascendance of Steve Jobs and the Apple Empire knows no limit. With the media playe...

It’s no secret I am forecasting price declines (or prolonged stagnation) in the Australian residential property market. The intricacies of t...

After more than two years of blogging I have still not run out of topics to discuss. Like the television series Mythbusters, who seem to fin...

In my bio I promise to turn ideas on their heads to gain a better understanding. In this spirit I ask the following question of Brisbane Ci...

Subtle examples of the unintended consequences of government intervention in markets are not hard to find. Today we follow a path from the i...

My childhood street is famous for building cubby houses in trees on council land Obesity epidemic growing for a century  - much longer t...

Norman Doidge has written a book that encapsulates the latest research in neuroplasticit y and delivers it to the curious mind in an intell...

While Population Minister Tony Burke may be new to the debate, the population debate itself is certainly not new to politics. In 1994 th...

If you are unfamiliar with the term Dutch Disease then read on, because Australia has it , and needs to address it for our long term prospe...

The RBA maintains its credibility today by following through with their threats of a rate rise, and in the process, making my forecast look...