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  • The arms race again – Part 2
    on 12 June 2025 by bill

    This is the second part of my thoughts on the current acceleration in military spending around the world. The first part – The arms race again – Part 1 (June 11, 2025) – focused on background and discussed the concept of ‘military Keynesianism’. In this Part 2, I am focusing more specifically on the recent…

  • The arms race again – Part 1
    on 11 June 2025 by bill

    The Chair of the Finance Committee in the Irish Parliament invited me to make a submission to inform a – Scrutiny process of EU legislative proposals – specifically to discuss proposals put forward by the European Council to increase spending on defence. This blog post and the next (tomorrow) will form the basis of my…

  • My blog is on holiday today
    on 8 June 2025 by bill

    Today is a public holiday in the parts of Australia that I live and I have travel commitments. So I’ll be back on Wednesday. What is this holiday about? Yes, it is deeply embarrassing but today is the King’s Birthday holiday in Australia that is meant to celebrate our glorious head of state, given that…

  • Australia’s lowest paid workers get some real wage relief from the latest adjustment to the minimum wage
    on 5 June 2025 by bill

    On June 3, 2025 Australia’s minimum wage setting authority – the Fair Work Commission (FWC) issued their decision in the – Annual Wage Review 2025 – which provides for wage increases for the lowest-paid workers – around 0.7 per cent of employees (around 88 thousand) in Australia. In turn, around 20.7 per cent of all…

  • Australian National Accounts – GDP growth slows significantly – slipping towards recession under current policy settings
    on 4 June 2025 by bill

    The Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest – Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, March 2025 – today (June 4, 2025), which shows that the Australian economy grew by just 0.2 per cent in the March-quarter 2025 (down from 0.6 per cent) and by just 1.3 per cent over the 12 months.…

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