March 17, 2018 0 Once you realise that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for the rich as what they are – a simple upward redistribution of income, rather than a way to make all of us richer, as we were told. Ha-joon Chang
March 10, 2018 0 The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and loans associations. But when taxes must be paid for the lower middle class and poor, the government assumes an aspect of wickedness. John Kenneth Galbraith
March 10, 2018 1 The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
February 23, 2018 0 Conservative governments and business groups feign concern about deficits in order to rage against spending on services for people they don't care about, while turning a blind eye to the budgetary effects of policies that put cash in the pockets of groups they do care about. Richard Denniss
February 8, 2018 0 Journalism is printing what someone else does not want published; everything else is public relations. George Orwell
January 27, 2018 0 We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them through reduced wages and conditions and job security. Paul Keating
January 27, 2018 0 If this mob [Malcolm Turnbull's government] were a car, you'd have to clean bugs off the rear windshield, they are going backwards that fast. Paul Keating
January 25, 2018 0 The way a government treats refugees is very instructive, because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it. Tony Benn
December 31, 2017 0 Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings. Victor J. Stenger
December 29, 2017 0 Whenever you meet someone who uses the words Keynes or Keynesian as a swear word - or as synonyms for socialist - know that their adherence to neoliberal dogma far exceeds their understanding of mainstream economics. Ross Gittins
