claireconnelly (45)in #economics • 6 years agoFudgeit 2018: If the budget overview were honestThe Australian federal government seems to have omitted some key pieces of information from its budget overview…claireconnelly (45)in #economics • 6 years agoWhy the federal budget is mostly bulls***It is budget week in Australia, the week where the federal government unveils its plans for spending over the next…claireconnelly (45)in #journalism • 6 years agoTalking media myths, complicity & conclusion on 2SERIn which I discuss the ANZAC myth & Fairfax’s big retraction, Michelle Wolf & her White House correspondents dinner…claireconnelly (45)in #syria • 6 years agoSyria the gateway to WWIII: Who stands to benefit?Illustration by Rachael Bolton . The world’s major superpowers are converging on Syria, the centre of a new Cold…claireconnelly (45)in #syria • 6 years agoWho are the White Helmets?The White Helmets are often presented by the western press as a humanitarian search-and-rescue NGO and occasional…claireconnelly (45)in #economics • 6 years agoEverything you think you know about the financial crisis is wrongIn which I interview economic historian, Dr Philip Mirowsi about why the left has been so spectacularly unsuccessful…claireconnelly (45)in #economics • 6 years agoCapitalism and the veil of ignorance“It is easier for us today to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism — “ Fredric…claireconnelly (45)in #russia • 6 years agoThe art of (cold) war“By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed.” ― John le Carré.…claireconnelly (45)in #economics • 6 years agoHow to stop drinking the Kool-AidThe first step is admitting you have a problem. The Sydney Morning Herald — (international readers: wait, come back…claireconnelly (45)in #journalism • 6 years agoABC has been 'pre-emptively buckling' to government for decades - journalists blow whistleAn exclusive I wrote for New Matilda in which former ABC Director Quentin Dempster, former broadcaster Carol Duncan…claireconnelly (45)in #politics • 6 years agoTurnbull's taxation tantrum a big, sexy, gift to the nationSomething incredible has happened. Malcolm Turnbull might be the first Prime Minister in history to pick a fight…claireconnelly (45)in #trump • 6 years ago'The accused war-criminal who walks freely in the White House has his eye on Asia as a new lucrative target for destabilisation'Me on the alarming and entirely predictable direction the Cold War: Part II is headed in. (Hint: It involves North Korea).claireconnelly (45)in #money • 6 years ago'Governments have the cash. And they spend it. Just not on the people who vote.'Here's a piece I wrote for Renegade Inc on the things governments can and cannot afford .claireconnelly (45)in #money • 6 years agoWhy a Universal Basic Income is a smokescreen for the destruction of social securityMy interview with Real Progressives in which Steven Grumbine and I talk about why a Universal Basic Income is a…claireconnelly (45)in #money • 6 years agoMe on Redacted Tonight with Lee CampI was recently interviewed by Lee Camp on Redacted Tonight about the myths of money and history that have led to…claireconnelly (45)in #politics • 6 years ago2018 & burying the proverbial hatchetIt’s 2018 and while I have no data to measure this, it feels as though a cloud has lifted. After the toxic cesspool…
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