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The full interview is available on Bloomberg from 1:12:30 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-06-22/-bloomberg-surveillance-full-show-06-22-2021-video Gained value from these words and ideas? Consider supporting my work at GoFundMe © Copyright Brett Edgerton 2021

In the first part of this essay I expressed my support for Prof. Sandel’s views with some qualifications on what I believe are the most important factors in the polarised societies many developed nations are now experiencing. Specifically my view is that this polarity is due to the inequality itself more so than distrust ofContinue reading “Full Thoughts On Prof. Michael Sandel’s Meritocracy Discourse: Part 2”

Firstly an admission – I am bogged down in writing part 2 of my response to Sandel’s ‘meritocracy’ discourse because it encompasses three large areas which I had intended to write individual posts on and for which I had developed extensive notes. That highlights how important that response is to me, but it also meansContinue reading “Humanity Needs Good People In Tough Jobs”

I am well aware that the ‘Macro(economics)’ element of this blog has taken a backseat in my writing since COVID-19 broke and I have not updated my views on investment markets for almost a year.  There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, these times are unprecedented – in fact I believe we have entered aContinue reading “Spotting shaving cream froth on fluffy snow piled high in a long blizzard from 50 feet”

What was running through my father’s enraged mind that night I will never know — he is too emotionally repressed to ever be able to even acknowledge it happened let alone give me closure on what he was thinking as he was fully loading his revolver — but I have had to live my lifeContinue reading “How Farmers Lose Their Perspective”

In 1996 I sat in the restaurant of Stockland Stadium amongst a group of Cowboys foundation members listening to then coach Graham Lowe talk about the season ahead. I remember it for what Lowe said, which was, to paraphrase: “There have been a lot of rule changes made to speed up the game. I don’tContinue reading “On the 25 year Bastardisation of Rugby League to Appeal To People Who Do Not Love the Game”

I have now finished reading “The Tyranny of Merit: What’s become of the common good?” by Prof. Michael Sandel which I purchased after watching his panel at the WEF Davos Agenda. It is brilliant and one of the best-written books that I have had the pleasure of reading. Firstly let me say that from my perspectiveContinue reading “Full Thoughts on Prof. Michael Sandel’s Meritocracy Discourse: Part 1”

Nearly everything that I have done or said which I regret, which I wish I could take back, of which I am ashamed to the point that it haunts me for the impact it had on others or for what could have happened, was under the influence of alcohol. The most traumatic and shocking incidentContinue reading “Alcohol”

Prologue It’s fitting that even the prologue I commence with an admission. Rarely for my posts, I sort advice on whether to publish this because it contains embarrassing, personal information that I felt that I would rather not make public if my confidants suggested that this article was unlikely to have any impact. I alsoContinue reading “My Fraught Journey To Women”