• COMMENT

The problem isn't globalisation per se, but the rise of what Henry James called a 'hotel civilisation'.

• COMMENT

Beware out there this week, folks. There's a storm a'comin'. An economic data storm, that is. Economists are tipping the good ship 'Oz economy' has hit shallow waters in the first half of 2017.

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One of the most significant, but least remarked upon, features of this year's budget is Malcolm Turnbull's decision to greatly expand the government's involvement in the construction of public infrastructure.

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The credit card fees that banks were able to charge, and which funded their own rewards schemes, will fall from July.

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There's nothing like a prominent visiting economist spruiking imminent ruination to get plenty of media attention.

• COMMENT

I have known a few centenarians over the years, but what was Australia like 100 years ago?

• COMMENT

It is easy to think of the Commonwealth as a mere relic of empire. But it could be the future face of globalisation.

• COMMENT

Media groups are singing from the same song sheet only because their future depends on finding some way to improve their business models.

• COMMENT

The obvious major missing ingredient in Scott Morrison's 'backflip' budget was the lack of actual tax reform - but there is another glaring black hole. Turnbull's leadership remains weak as long as he's unable to convince his backbenchers that it's OK to come out from under the lump of coal now, that we can move on from Abbott's whatever-it-takes.

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NIB is the latest health insurer that will end up in the courts for what the ACCC says is unconscionable, misleading and deceptive conduct.

• COMMENT

The ATO and federal government want us to think its business as usual at the agency, but it's not.

• COMMENT

Tell me again about the terrible burden of our progressive tax system, of how the wealthy pay too much tax.

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One word has been notably absent from discussion about China's credit downgrade: Fintech.

• COMMENT

Forgiveness is a wonderful thing, though in reality what Samsung may be enjoying is the power of habit.

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If you can look past the fanfare, OPEC's weaknesses are glaring.

• COMMENT

All tech is not good tech. And just because they are big today doesn't mean they are safe investments.

• COMMENT

I love Sydney and many other places around the country, but in my book you can only have one true home.

• COMMENT

One of Australia's most high profile investors appears to have engaged in "new economy heresy".

• COMMENT

When it comes to mounting a scare campaign, the big four banks' CEOs and chairmen are more Casper the Friendly Ghost than Freddy Kruger, more Pooh Bear than Chucky.

• COMMENT

If the Turnbull government's primary aim in slugging the banks with a levy is to raise $6.2 billion over four years, then it may have miscalculated.

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Donations of seriously large sums of money are becoming more public and "entrepreneurial".

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The hot question is whether Turnbull's Gonski 2.0 yields a better and more cost-effective combination of fairness and economic efficiency.

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First they came for the tax lawyers and accountants. Are quantity surveyors going to be the next political tax target?

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Emmanuel Macron has a mandate for change that his predecessor sorely lacked

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For those who consider themselves experts or even gifted amateurs on United States politics, there are opportunities to punt that knowledge.

• ANALYSIS

South32's shares have risen 28 per cent since the split and it's sitting on a $1.2 billion cash pile, but it's living on borrowed time.

• COMMENT

We're crushing the confidence out of our own people with bureaucracy, weak political leadership steeped in spin and irrelevant gobbledegook.

• COMMENT

This bidding war is likely to move the 176-year-old media group into foreign hands.

• COMMENT

Adjusted for tricks, there's no chance of a surplus for a long time.

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The imminent arrival of Amazon has skewered Wesfarmers' ability to do what it does best – horse trading assets.