Westpac have created the worst bank ad of all time
There’s an ad on TV (or at least it was on TV) which is absolutely infuriating and appaling. It shows emotive footage of pollution, small…
Continue reading →Startups are the heart and soul of any economy and society. They generate ideas, products and jobs far in excess of any other vehicle or mechanism.
There’s an ad on TV (or at least it was on TV) which is absolutely infuriating and appaling. It shows emotive footage of pollution, small…
Continue reading →There is talk low cost carrier Tiger Air, a joint venture between Singapore Airlines and Ryanair, will be coming to Australia soon. The Age has…
Continue reading →Although I’m only about two months late in reporting it, The Economist has done it again with a wonderful piece on buying “Fairtrade”, “ethically sourced”…
Continue reading →For many, many years we have admired U2’s business practices. This band has succeeded in not only writing and recording multi-million selling albums and lucrative…
Continue reading →participation is the new consumption I LOVE IT. Consumption has consumed itself. Nothing is original. Affluence has become affluenza. The only thing which is original…
Continue reading →The past few weeks have been somewhat tumultuous in the music industry, with the departure of two of the music industry’s best regarded executives, David…
Continue reading →It’s amazing. The soaring price of copper has led to organised theft of copper wire and materials from instrastructure such as tram lines and electricity…
Continue reading →One of the greatest thinkers, revolutionaries, philosophers, leaders and liberal evangelists this world has known, Milton Friedman, has died at the age of 94. The…
Continue reading →Virtual world: tax man cometh – BizTech – Technology – theage.com.au The Australian Tax Office is with it… In another sign that the virtual worlds…
Continue reading →There are huge changes in the relationship between the online and real worlds (the real world being referred to in cyberspace and in this piece…
Continue reading →In “Why Globalisation Works”, Martin Wolf, an editor of The Financial Times, has written a magnificent book which works to dissect globalisation, explaining the benefits…
Continue reading →Peter Costello – take a bow! In securing Melbourne as the headquarters of the Future Fund, the $140 Billion Investment Fund to be set up…
Continue reading →It is the International Year of Microcredit? Microcredit is such a cool concept. A means to empower those who are poor and unable to assist…
Continue reading →A very interesting article in the English Version of DER SPIEGEL, the respected German Newspaper. It is with Kenyan Economist James Shikwati, who PLEADS with…
Continue reading →A great little article which discusses the tradition and family that is News Corp in the context of the last AGM to be held in…
Continue reading →The fear and loathing which has poured from the creative industries about the upcoming Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US is an ill-informed and…
Continue reading →There was a time when music companies objected to the playing of music on the radio. Instead of seeing early radio technology as a positive…
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