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Paying for COVID-19
If the government pays citizens who are not working, and refunds businesses who employ people who have nothing to do, this is not...
Peter Francis Fenwick
Apr 2, 20202 min read
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Discretionary Saving
For the time being there are lots of things we cannot spend our money on. What will we do with the money we save? In response to the...
Peter Francis Fenwick
Mar 29, 20202 min read
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Exploitation or Opportunity?
The other day I met my old friends Marcia and Ann for lunch at Babka in Brunswick Street. It was good to catch up again. Babka is just a...
Loretta Lockesmith
Sep 4, 20197 min read
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Minimum Wage Keeps Youth Unemployed
In the spirit of the famous Harvester case, ACTU secretary Sally McManus is proposing an overhaul of the national minimum wage to better...
Peter Francis Fenwick
Nov 2, 20176 min read
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The Miracle of Pricing
The miracle of pricing is that it enables individuals to be part of a world-wide supply chain, each prospering by doing their bit without...
Peter Francis Fenwick
Jul 1, 20163 min read
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The Swedish Model Failed Too
Bernie Sanders candidacy for Presidency of the United States has put Socialism back on the political agenda. How could such a failed...
Peter Francis Fenwick
Feb 25, 20164 min read
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Why are some nations rich and others poor?
In Australia, over the past fifty years, average household income, in constant prices, more than doubled. We live in one of the freest...
Peter Francis Fenwick
Jun 7, 20153 min read
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