In the USA, median incomes have barely moved in decades, and we are seeing the same in Australia. Between 2012 and 2018 median household incomes dropped from $81,413 to $81,310. That’s not a big drop,… Read More »Australia: Declining Incomes
During the Coronavirus Crisis I was working for a digital marketing agency. Being forced to work from home for a few months was not an issue, as we were digital already. We didn’t need anything… Read More »The New Slave Trade
I figure most of us would consider that Benjamin Franklin was no fool… …for example, arose each morning to pose himself the question, “What good shall I do this day,” but then, according to the… Read More »Work/Life Balance
Here’s a little insight into how I write. I either do this, or I write dispassionate essays full of quotes and references. This is an hour of tipsy stream of consciousness, ideas that are buried… Read More »Meritocracy & Nature
Here’s a dystopian idea x eugenics… I’m putting it out there to make sure it doesn’t happen. Because capitalism won’t cope with a population that gets smaller and smaller, in some countries politicians will do… Read More »Tax Childless People
A key reform I am arguing for is different types of money – all with the same value – but with restricted redemption. Have you noticed how plain or even ugly out world is becoming,… Read More »Bringing Back Beauty
On the news this morning a commentator was saying that in many shopping malls there is an impasse. Stores who cannot operate (in Melbourne) are refusing to pay rent. The mall owners would ordinarily evict… Read More »Debt and Rent
It is clear that during COVID the people who are managing to keep their jobs are either essential (police, medical etc) or are able to work from home. We are also seeing that the suburbs… Read More »WFH and Bullshit Jobs
As we well know, corporations have a primary duty to protect and improve shareholder value, regardless of anything (except the law, unless that can be rationalised monetarily). And is a problem in a pandemic –… Read More »Corporate Duty vs COVID-19
Actually, the UN published a range of predictions, with the lowest 2100 population being only 7 billion. This study says 8.8 billion, which is 1-3 billion less than the UN’s worst case scenarios… This study’s… Read More »Major Study Agrees: Population Growth Decline