The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted interest rates to an 11-year high of 6.75 per cent. My question is: if the economy is going so well and both parties are suggesting that they are experts at managing the economy and keeping interest rates low, why are they both making huge election promises? Answer: it [...]

I was reading an article today and got really depressed. (Azeem Azhar (2005). “Better and Faster than politics” New Stateman 18(878) p. 24.) Here is a snippet: The bottom of the pyramid is a new competitive business space, with new demands. If you want to sell toothpaste to an Indian villager, you need to know [...]

All this talk about global warming and environmental damage has my younger sister worried about the issues. She had a debate with me today about introduced animal species having a negative effect on the natural wildlife. She doesn’t want to eat meat because “what did animals ever do to us”. She blames farmers for clearing [...]

The Planet is a beautiful and unique documentary. It really communicated to me the fragility of the Earth. It also gave an interesting and comprehensive picture of the whole global warming problem – from historical, environmental, social, economic, financial and political perspectives. Here are a few quotes from the documentary which resonated with me: “The [...]