Economics

Interest Rates : The Price at the End of the Universe      

We often hear stories about our grandparents, about how they managed to get so far on so little, and how they took care of things and made them last.  My Grandfather was actually quite a successful businessman in spite of the fact he never ever never no way used debt. Of course, modern MBA style … Read more

So history never repeats, but it does rhyme they say. Are we currently in a boom, or is the steady growth of the stock market just that .. steady growth?  When is a long period of steady growth a boom?  And the thing about booms is.. we always expect them to end in a bust, … Read more

Thunk.  Thunk crash. Thats the sound of several kilo’s of tax and superannuation law hitting my desk.  Thousands and thousands of pages in type so small I wonder if it isn’t actually just microfiche printed out sans magnification.  And you know what the scary thing is?  That was only the last years updates! One thing … Read more

This paper was submitted during the Macroeconomics course of my MBA, so please excuse the rather ‘academic’ dry tone, but at least in the end it did receive a Distinction grade (dry tone and all!).  It analyses China’s recent period of slowing growth and provides several economic policy recommendations in light of China’s current economic … Read more