Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please. I'm now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the moment, I'll post both at this blog and on Substack. You can also follow…

John Quiggin

19.02.2025

Trump has thrown out the global economic playbook. It’s time for Australia to write its own rules – John Quiggin

My latest from The Guardian =With the resumption of parliament this week, and an election only months away, we have seen even more of the usual point-scoring about the cost of living, tax breaks for long lunches and budget deficits. But since the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the assumptions on which Australian economic policy…

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19.02.2025

Monday Message Board – John Quiggin

John Quiggin

21.02.2025

Dispensing with the US-centric financial system – John Quiggin

Quick quiz. Suppose you read a headline in the online version of the Wall Street Journal (or NY Times etc) stating that, from now on, US Treasury bonds would be redeemed in crypto. Would your response be (i) That’s absurd. Either it’s April Fools Day or someone has hacked the website (ii) That’s unlikely. Surely…

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Monday Message Board – John Quiggin

Trump has thrown out the global economic playbook. It’s time for Australia to write its own rules – John Quiggin

Monday Message Board – John Quiggin

Dispensing with the US-centric financial system – John Quiggin

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